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Date:	22nd October 1907
Colliery:	Boltsburn, Lead
Company:	Weardale Lead Co., Ltd.
Cause:	Surface accident
Lives Lost:	1
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The other fatal accident occurred on the surface at the Boltsburn Mine belonging to Messrs. The Weardale Lead Company Ltd., on 22nd October. Three bolts, holding the drawbar to the body of a tub being hauled up an incline on to the dirt tip, broke and allowed the tub to run amain down the incline. The youth, who was killed, was standing leaning against the door frame of the jigger house talking to another youth inside the house and not paying any attention to his own work, which was at the incline foot, when the tub came down the incline and ran into him. He died three hours afterwards.

Source:

1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 30 Where to find this report

	Pearson, James, aged 19, Lead ore dresser, the bolts holding the drawbar to the body of a tub being hauled up to the dirt tip broke, and allowed the tub to run wild down the incline; it struck him and he died three hours afterwards from the injuries received
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