Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	20th November 1913
Colliery:	Easington
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1

At Easington the changing of the three decks is done simultaneously by the aid of auxiliary cages and hydraulic rams; deceased worked at the low level at the shaft bottom, along with the onsetter; the cage loaded with empty tubs came down, and there being no coal, the onsetter rapped "clear;" when he gave the first rap the cage was lifted, one rap meaning "away" for coal work; on giving the second rap the cage stood until all ten raps were given, and the cage taken into the shaft; the onsetter then found deceased lying on the bottom of the auxiliary cage badly injured; unknown to the onsetter, he had gone into the auxiliary cage, and had been getting some "bait" out of a tub in the shaft cage, when the latter moved away and he was crushed; deceased should not have attempted to do this, for the onsetter could not see him from where he was at the rapper

Source:

1913 Mines Inspectors Report

	Lambton, John Thomas, aged 22, Fitter, Buried: Easington Village Cemetery
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