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Date:	6th April 1900
Colliery:	White Lea
Company:	Pease and Partners Ltd.
Cause:	Underground Haulage Accident
Lives Lost:	1
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No. 142 on the list occurred at White Lea Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Pease and Partners, Ltd., on April 6th, and caused the death of a shifter.

This accident happened on the engine plane as deceased was walking out-bye, after having finished his shift. On his way out he met an empty set of tubs going in and was caught by them and killed.

He had either been hurrying or been absent-minded and forgotten all about the set until it caught him, but it seemed as if he had been trying to get into a refuge hole, because his cap and lamp were found just at the entrance to one.

The refuge holes were provided at the distance the Coal Mines Act specifies.

As I have often, in previous reports, pointed out, it is most unwise for men to run risks when travelling on engine and inclined planes when sets are running. To get into a refuge hole in good time and stay there till the set passes is the wisest and safest course to adopt.

Source:

1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 28 Where to find this report

	Studholme, Abraham, aged 65, Shifter, when travelling out-bye on engine plane he was caught and killed by an empty set; address: White Lea-square
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