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Date:	25th August 1896
Colliery:	West Auckland
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1

No. 381 on the list occurred at West Auckland Colliery belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan, & Co., Limited, on August 25th, causing the death of a deputy.

The deceased man was travelling on the engine plane to his work when he met the set and was caught by it, and so severely injured that he died the same day.

The refuge holes were within the distance required by the Act, and there was a space of 3 feet on one side of the way, and of 17 inches on the other.

His mind must have been preoccupied, and he had forgotten all about the set.

Source:

1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

	Denham, Luke, aged 42, Deputy, When travelling to his work on the engine plane he was caught by the set and so severely injured that he died the same day, Buried: West Auckland Cemetery
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