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Date:	18th August 1906
Colliery:	Beamish, Mary Pit
Company:	James Joicey and Co., Ltd.
Cause:	Killed by Machinery
Lives Lost:	1
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Deceased was employed near the shaft taking forks from the loaded tubs as they arrived on the endless rope. Near where he worked is a vertical shaft carrying 3 wheels ; the top wheel, fixed to the shaft, receives the power from the engine by a band rope; the two lower wheels, provided with clutches, drive endless ropes on two main roads. The lowest wheel is about 3½ feet from the floor and is 4½ feet in diameter, and is fenced as far as is consistent with its use. The speed of the rope is 3½ miles per hour. No tubs were arriving at the shaft but the ropes were running, and deceased and another boy were at these wheels and something had passed between them as to working the clutch. Deceased was between the rope going on to and coming off the lower wheel and was caught and drawn in, displacing some of the fencing. The rope was stopped at once and he was liberated. He was able to speak, and said the other boy had pushed him in; this the other boy denied. The Local Inspectors reported, "In our opinion it has been a pure accident and that there is no blame attached to anyone concerned."

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 43, Accident Number: 57 Where to find this report

	Long, James, aged 16, Endless Rope Attendant, killed by machinery, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
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