| Disasters - Names |
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| Date: | 9th June 1858 |
| Colliery: | Murton |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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Accident No. 40 in the list caused the death of an onsetter, who incautiously ventured to go into the resting place of a cage at the bottom of a shaft after it had been drawn away, without previously giving a signal that it was not to be lowered down again ; it was accidentally lowered down upon him and caused his death.
The accidents Nos. 40 and 68 are of a class which can only arise from the careless temerity of the sufferers themselves, and are almost as difficult to prevent as the crime of suicide.
| Source: | 1858 Mines Inspectors Report |
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Ramsay, Ralph, aged 56, Onsetter, crushed by cage while cleaning cage-hole | |
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