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Date:	15th November 1906
Colliery:	Whitburn
Company:	Harton Coal Co., Ltd.
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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Deceased was sitting in a bord with his back against a chock and his legs extending over the tramway, getting his bait. The bord dipped outbye about 3½ inches per yard. Two men working further in brought out a kibble loaded with old wood. They had put a drag into one pair of the wheels of the kibble, and while one carried the lamps the other held on to the kibble, but allowing it to get away it ran forward and caught deceased. The men shouted before the kibble got away, as although they did not see deceased they saw the reflection of his lamp, but as he was deaf he had probably not heard. He was taken to the Ingham Infirmary at South Shields and treated for a broken thigh, and he then went to his son's house at North Seaton, in Northumberland, where he died. A post-mortem examination revealed that in addition to the broken thigh two of his ribs were fractured and pleurisy had supervened. The verdict of the Coroner's Jury was accidental death.

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Page: 42, Accident Number: 80 Where to find this report

	Pyle, William Thomas (died: 24 Dec 1906) , aged 57, Shifter
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