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| Date: | 29th July 1892 |
| Colliery: | Adelaide |
| Cause: | Fell out of cage |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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No. 15 on the list occurred at Adelaide Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Pease and Partners, Limited, on the 29th of July, about 10.15 a.m., causing the death of Thomas Lambert, a coal hewer.
Deceased and other three men were ascending the shaft, in the cage, after finishing their shift. All went well until they got to within 20 yards of the surface, when deceased's lamp fell from his hand on to the cage bottom. The witnesses at the inquest said he appeared to stoop to pick it up, and then said, "Oh," rolled to one side and fell out of the cage. The case, which is provided with a bar to hold on by, was travelling steadily at the time, and at the usual speed.
Everything points to deceased having fainted, and then to have fallen out of the cage.
| Source: | 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian. |
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Lambert, Thomas, aged 24, Hewer, while ascending he dropped his lamp in the cage, and on attempting to recover it he fell down the shaft, a distance of 260 yards | |
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