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Date:	18th October 1905
Colliery:	Victoria Garesfield
Company:	Priestman Collieries Ltd.
Cause:	Struck by set
Lives Lost:	1
Category:	On Surface :: On Railways, Sidings or Tramways

The coal seam here is reached by a drift and an engine plane on the main, and tail rope system worked in connection with it runs on the surface for about 100 yards and then for the same distance in a tunnel under a sand hill before reaching the screens. Deceased, who did labouring work on the surface, had the day before been cleaning an open drain near the drift end of the tunnel and at a point where the tramway was crossed by a wooden bridge. He had left his tools the night before about 10 yards in the tunnel, where they were found after the accident. He had hung his coat on a nail under the bridge. The first set of full tubs coming out caught and dragged him into the tunnel, some tail rope standards by the side of the rails were displaced and several tubs derailed. Under his coat a dead rabbit was found which he had probably taken from a snare, and it is surmised he had been so absorbed in hiding it that he had not noticed the set, although 60 feet of chain next the rope makes a good deal of noise over the sheaves.

Source:

1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910) Where to find this report

	Barker, James, aged 67, Labourer, struck by set, Buried: St. Patrick's Churchyard/Cemetery, High Spen on 21 Oct 1905
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