Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	27th June 1905
Colliery:	Dean & Chapter
Cause:	Crushed by tubs
Lives Lost:	1

Another accident occurred at Dean and Chapter Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., Limited, and resulted in the death of a doorboy. Sets of 14 tubs were being lowered out-bye by a rope attached to a small drum. A door opening in-bye had been placed across the road, and deceased attended to it. He opened it on this occasion and allowed the first two tubs of a set to pass through ; then, for some unexplained reason, he allowed the door to fall to, when it came in contact with the third tub, was jerked violently back, and struck him.

Source:

1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910)

	Rothery, John, aged 14, Trapper, He had permitted his trap door to close partially. The third of a set of 14 loaded tubs caught it and drove it back against him fracturing the base of his skull. He died on the following day
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