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| Date: | 19th July 1864 |
| Colliery: | Shotton |
| Cause: | Fell down shaft |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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At Shotton Colliery, belonging to the Haswell Coal Company, on the 19th of July, a boy about 13 years of age fell down a staple 12 fathoms in depth and was killed. This boy, contrary to orders, was attempting to descend the staple by a ladder, instead of waiting to be sent down in a cage. He had been forbidden to go by the ladder, and had even been chastised by one of the underground agents for having done so only on the day before this accident.
| Source: | 1864 Mines Inspectors Report |
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Bangham, James, aged 12, Driver, fell down a 12 fathom staple | |
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