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Date:	20th July 1909
Colliery:	Cramlington, Hartford
Company:	Cramlington Coal Co., Ltd.
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	4
Category:	Shaft Accidents :: Whilst ascending or descending by machinery

The accident at Cramlington Colliery, involving the loss of four lives, was due to the tilting up of a single-decked cage running in end wooden guides, and all the occupants. who were descending the shaft, were thrown out and fell to the bottom. At an intermediate working coal was put on to the cage, and here was a band skeet or portion of the wooden guide hinged at the bottom, and which when laid back into the seam gave access to the cage. The onsetter from the bottom had come up to the intermediate seam and had sent some coal to the surface, but he stated the band skeet was in position when the cage containing the deceased persons passed downwards; however this may have been, it was at the band skeet that the cage caught and tilted up.

Source:

1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177) Where to find this report

	Clarke, Anthony, aged 44, Fitter's labourer, fell out of the cage down the shaft
	Dickson, William, aged 31, Fitter's labourer, fell out of the cage down the shaft
	Robinson, Frederick, aged 37, Fitter, fell out of the cage down the shaft
	Sturdy, John, aged 21, Electrical Engineer, fell out of the cage down the shaft
	All names found
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