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Date:	4th April 1905
Colliery:	Broomhill
Company:	Broomhill Collieries Ltd.
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
Category:	Miscellaneous Underground :: Haulage :: Run over or Crushed by Trams or Tubs

A pony putter coming outbye with a full tub on a road inclining in favour of the load at 3 inches per yard got off the way with all the four wheels at a turn, probably owing to a wood closer about 2 inches long having been displaced. Deceased and another lad came to help him to put the tub on the rails again. After trying to lift it at the fore end and failing, they managed to get the hinder wheels on to the rails, and then after putting a drag in these wheels, were busy with the fore end when the drag came out and the tub moved forward carrying deceased with it, and he was eventually knocked down by the pony which was still hung on and the tub wheel broke his leg. He was taken to Newcastle Infirmary, blood poisoning set in and the leg was amputated, but he never recovered

Source:

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

	Turnbull, John (died: 03 May 1905) , aged 18, Putter
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