Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	16th June 1904
Colliery:	Walker
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1

After the deepening of the Jane pit was finished, and while the Busty seams were being opened out, a cage holding one tub and running in two wire rope guides at one side was in use between the surface and the Busty seams, the Low Main seam still being used as a landing place. The cage had close latticed sides, a bar along the top for holding on by, and a chain was provided for use across the open ends. Deceased came to the Low Main landing and assisted the waiter-on to send some tubs to the Busty and also two kibbles to the Beaumont, where sinkers were engaged sinking a staple to the Busty. Afterwards he got into the cage to ascend to the surface, and appears to have sat on his haunches, leaning on his yard stick, but with no hold of the cross bar. When the cage started he was noticed by the waiter-on to move one of his feet as though rearranging his position, and immediately after, when the cage had moved up about 12 feet, he called to the waiter-on and then fell out of the cage sideways, landing on the flat sheets at the Low Main, underneath a chain fencing the shaft, and then fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 44 fathoms, where his body was found by the master sinker from the staple, who, on being informed of the accident, descended to the bottom of the shaft in the cage

Source:

1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506)

	Salley, Robert, aged 46, Master Wasteman
	All names found

 

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