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| Date: | 24th February 1904 |
| Colliery: | Heworth |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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In the John pit, the downcast shaft, two cages, each holding two tubs on each of three decks, run in rail guides at the sides. By means of a drum of two diameters, while one cage runs between the Hutton seam and surface, a distance of 140 fathoms, the other runs between the surface and Beaumont seam, a distance of 161 fathoms the Beaumont cage can call at the Hutton seam, where there is a landing, and a few feet below it beams supporting the scaffold on which the Hutton seam cage lands, cross the shaft within 2 or 3 inches of the ends of the Beaumont cage. Deceased on the completion of his fifth shift underground got into the top deck of the cage at the Beaumont seam along with the other boys and while being drawn to the surface and passing the Hutton seam allowed his head to come in contact with one of the beams referred to on the landing. There is a bar to hold on by in the cage. His lamp fell down the pit, but he was caught and supported by the other boys until the surface was reached. The Local Inspectors reported "in our opinion it was a pure accident" The Jury added a rider to their verdict of "Accidental Death," in which they suggested the propriety of having doors or gates on the cages, and giving notice as to obstructions in the shaft
| Source: | 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506) |
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Davidson, Richard, aged 14, Trapper | |
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