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Date:	20th September 1906
Colliery:	Leasingthorne
Company:	Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd.
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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One at Leasingthorne Colliery belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., Limited. Two men were cleaning up under the coal washer. There were two trucks standing under the washer, and three more further up the sidings. In order to allow a locomotive to pass these three last-mentioned trucks, the loco fireman and guard went to these trucks to lower them further down the siding towards the washer. They did not wish to lower them as far as the washer. On lifting the brakes, however, they lost control over the three trucks, which, running down the siding, bumped into the two trucks already standing beneath the washer. One of the two men cleaning up under the washer jumped to one side of the rails and the other to the other. On one side there was a space of 30 inches between the truck side and the retaining wall forming one side of the gullet under the washer, and the man on this side escaped unhurt; but on the other side there was only a space of 13 inches between the side of the truck and another retaining wall. The man who jumped to this side stood still whilst four trucks passed him, but then attempted to climb on to the retaining wall against which he was standing, and was crushed. He died eight days afterwards. It is a pity the man did not remain standing still. The men who lowered the three trucks without first taking the precaution to see that the road was clear were much in fault.

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 24 Where to find this report

	Taylor, James, aged 40, Labourer, He was cleaning up the road under the coal-washer, when some trucks were bumped into others already under the washer. He jumped aside, but was caught and killed between the side of a truck and a retaining wall.
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