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Date:	14th August 1906
Colliery:	West Auckland
Company:	Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd.
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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On August 14th a wagonwayman, accompanied by two other wagonwaymen, when coming outbye at West Auckland Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co., Limited, was run over by the engine set and killed. These three men had been doing some repairs on the engine plane, and were going outbye. They saw the hauling ropes running, but did not think there was a set of tubs attached. They did not hear the set approaching, and one of them was caught and carried some 200 yards inbye and killed. The first and third men managed to jump clear, but the man in between them was caught. There appears to have been some laxity in connection with this accident. The three men had been doing some repairs to the engine plane, and, although they had not reported to the engineman that the repairs were completed, a set was sent in-bye. Had it been a little earlier they might have been caught whilst doing the repairs. At the inquest one witness said that they did not hear the sct approaching, and he advanced the theory that because the roadway was closely timbered the sound of the set moving was deadened. This may be so, but I think any set moving at a speed such as this one was said to have been — 10 to 12 miles per hour — would give very clear warning of its approach.

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 21 Where to find this report

	Taylor, William, aged 20, Waggonwayman, He, with others, after doing some repairs on the engine plane was walking outbye when he was run over by the ingoing set. He had not expected that tubs were on the rope.
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