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| Date: | 15th June 1895 |
| Colliery: | Seghill |
| Cause: | Shaft Accident |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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On June 15, at Seghill Colliery, a man was engaged putting a bolt into a pulley wheel frame, at an inset in the shaft, when he was either struck by the descending cage or was seized with a fit, the result being that he fell into the pit. There was no evidence to show how the accident happened, but from the position in which he was working, and the nature of his injuries, the presumption is in favour of the latter theory.
| Source: | 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines |
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Moffit, Michael, aged 42, Joiner, deceased was working in the shaft, and it is not known how he lost his footing; but the presumption is that he fainted, or had a fit, and fell into the shaft | |
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