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| Date: | 26th November 1907 |
| Colliery: | Beamish |
| Company: | James Joicey and Co., Ltd. |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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Deceased had worked in the pit for 4½ years and had acted as a driver part of the time, but had only started as a putter the day before the accident when a deputy had spent two hours instructing him, and deceased then appeared nervous and disinclined to ride on the limbers, as is the usual custom. On the day of the accident he had started work at one flat but had got on so badly that he was sent to the flat where he was killed at 10.30 a.m. as the putting there was easier. He had taken one tub from a hewer at the second flat and then went in-bye with an empty tub to another hewer. He left the tub in the siding about 20 yards from the face and went into the face of a skirting with a packwall on one side within a foot of the side of the tub. He hung the pony on to the loaded tub and did not go behind it to help the pony away over the plate ends and then follow out behind the tub which is the usual course. He appears to have walked between the limbers and the side of the road next the pack having bold of the reins and when about 12 yards away probably stumbled over some loose stones fallen from the pack and was crushed by the tub. He was soon released but never recovered consciousness and died in a short time. The Local Inspectors reported "In our opinion there is no blame attached to anyone."
| Source: | 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 49, Accident Number: 100 Where to find this report |
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 | Maughan, Albert Edwin, aged 18, Pony Putter, crushed by tubs, Buried: St. Paul's Churchyard, West Pelton |
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