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Date:	23rd December 1904
Colliery:	Hylton
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1

The empty set of 30 tubs was being drawn inbye by the tail rope at a speed of between four and five miles per hour, and on arriving at the outbye end of a landing, which had only been in use a week, collided with the first tubs of the full set, which was standing on the full way, and forced it back. Deceased, who was standing behind the last tub of the full set, and appears to have had one foot in the large link of the coupling chain was run over by the last two tubs. The switches at the outbye end of the landing were in position and there was no defect observed in the road or tubs. The first of the full tubs may have been standing too far forward, or the wooden drags in their wheels may have projected too far, or the empty set may have jumped the rails at the crossing. The signal wires did not extend into the landing, and it was the custom to shout to a point some distance outbye where they terminated when signalling was necessary. This absence of means of signalling from the landing did not, however, contribute to the accident as the engineman stopped his engine at once on feeling the obstruction

Source:

1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506)

	Atkinson, George William, aged 14, Landing boy, [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 27 Dec 1904 pg 4], Buried: Mere Knolls Cemetery, Sunderland
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