Notes: Deceased was riding on the front waggon of a set which got off the rails, and he fell under the wheels.
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Name: Richard Graves
Age: 49
Died: 8th Jun 1901
Accident: 8th Jun 1901
Year Born: abt. 1852
Colliery: Wearmouth, B Pit (also known as Monkwearmouth Colliery , Pemberton Main Colliery)
Company: Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd.
Occupation: Waggon Rider
Buried: Bishopwearmouth Cemetery, Sunderland
In loving memory
of
Richard
the beloved husband of
Mary Ann Graves
who was accidentally killed at
Wearmouth Colliery June 8th 1901
aged 49 years
also George William, son of the above
who died Dec 16th 1899
aged 18 years
also Jane, daughter of the above
who died March 19th 1889
aged 2½ years
also Mary Ann beloved wife
of the above Richard Graves
who died Jan 19th 1933 aged 74 years |
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Name: Robert Foster
Age: 26
Date: 23 July 1902
Colliery: Margaret Pit, Newbottle
Company: Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Occupation: Road Layer
Notes: Accidently Killed - a coal cutting machine was at work in the face of some longwall workings, there was a "hitch" on the goaf side of the machine, and when cutting the wheel cut into a slip in the roof and a large stone fell, without any warning, and killed these two men.
Buried: St. Cuthberts Churchyard, West Herrington
This accident occurred in a longwall face where coal cutters are employed. In this case the coal cutter, which is of the disc type, driven by electricity, and acts in a band about 10 inches from the top of the seam, was cutting along the face on to the top of a "hitch,"which the face had just passed through, and when doing so, it cut into a slip which ran through the coal and stone into the "hitch" leader ; the partings were like glass and to make matters worse there were joints, running at right angles to the face, in the stone, so that the stone, practically, as soon as the cutting wheel cut into the slip, had no support at all, and it fell, without the slightest warning, and killed these two men. |
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Two props, which had been set under the stone, were displaced but whether by the fall or the machine, or part of it, fell on to the coal cutter and is uncertain. The fall covered the switch so that the current could not be switched off, with the result that the machine could not be stopped till one of the men, who was fastened by the stone but not hurt, got free and ran to the gateway switch 50 yards away.
This is the first accident of this kind that has occurred in this district where coal cutting machines are used, and, as far as I have been able to learn, there does not appear to have been, any neglect or want of care in connection with it, but I should like to place on record my strong conviction that where coal cutters are used the greatest care as regards timbering and inspections for slips must be exercised to prevent accidents. Owing to the noise of the cutter when it is working, any movement in the stone or coal cannot be heard, and extra precautions, therefore, must be taken.
Where the face is crossing faults, or hitches, I consider it safer to work the face, until it is through hitch and clear of the leader, by hand, owing to the usually disturbed nature of the stone.
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Name: William Frederick Pearson
Age: 18
Died: 26 Jul 1902
Occupation: Putter, (he pushed tubs by hand)
Colliery: Dorothea Pit, Newbottle
Company: Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Cause: Died from blood poisoning, the result of his arm being crushed between a tub and a prop in the pit.
Buried: St. Cuthberts Churchyard, West Herrington
In loving memory of
William Fred Pearson
beloved son of
William and Sarah Pearson
who died through accident at
Dorothea Pit July 26th 1902
aged 18 years |
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Name: William Shaw
Age: 15
Died: 28 Jul 1902
Occupation: Driver
Colliery: Margaret Pit, Newbottle, Durham
Company: Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Notes: When driving a full tub it, by some means, up-ended and crushed him to death
Buried: St. Cuthberts Churchyard, West Herrington
William Shaw
who was killed at the Margaret Pit
July 28th 1902 aged 15 years |
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John Soppett
Age: 45
Died: 6 April 1903
Colliery: Dorothea Pit, Newbottle
Company: Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Occupation: Stoneman ( Person who makes excavation in "stone" i.e. hard strata other than coal)
Town: Fence Houses, Durham
His wife, Isabella died aged 92.
Notes: when drawing a prop with a mall he hit himself on the stomach with the shaft of the mall and caused such injuries that he died within three hours |
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John George Henderson, aged 42 years
killed in the Dorothea Pit, June 20th 1903
Occupation: Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, measuring 7 ft. by 6 ft. by 21 ins, thick in centre; it fell at a feathery edge all round it, and displaced two pairs of gears
In loving memory of
John George
the beloved husband of
Margaret Henderson
who was killed in the
Dorothea Pit, June 20th 1903
aged 42 years
also Margaret
beloved wife of the above
who died Jan 4th 1940
aged 82 years |
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William Langan, age 43
Died: 23rd Aug 1906
Accident: 23rd Aug 1906
Colliery: Margaret Pit, Newbottle
Company: Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Occupation: Deputy. He drew out a prop set under a plank. The crumbly roof above thrust this plank and two others down, and a large stone falling, he was held fast by the leg. More crumbly roof followed, and he was buried up and smothered. His life would probably have been saved had he used a proper timber-drawing appliance. There was one at hand.
Buried: St. Matthew's Churchyard, Newbottle.
In loving memory
of
William
beloved husband of
Mary Elizabeth Langan
of Sunniside
who was accidentally killed
in the Margaret Pit
Philadelphia
23rd August 1906
aged 43 years
also the above
Mary Elizabeth
who died 25th April 1939
aged 73 years |
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John George Carr
Silksworth Pit, 1907, Aged 18
In Loving Memory Of John George,
The Beloved Son Of
William And Margaret Ann Carr,
Who Was Accidentally Injured In Silksworth
Pit, July 26th And Died July 27th 1907.
Aged 18
Out Of The Depths Have I Cried Unto Thee O Lord
Also Margaret Ann,
Mother Of The Above
Who Died Oct 8th 1908, aged 45 years |
Accident: 24th Jul 1907, died 27th Jul 1907 at the Silksworth Colliery, Londonderry Collieries Ltd.
His occupation: Incline lad - he slipped when getting into a refuge hole and was caught by the full set which dragged him 70 yards [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 29 Jul 1907] A similar case to the above occurred at Silksworth Colliery, belonging to Messrs. The Londonderry Collieries Ltd., on 24th June, whereby a youth aged 18 was killed. He, too, had failed to get into a refuge hole, although a second youth who was with him did so. It is very possible that both these youths had been riding on the set.
Buried: St. Matthew's Churchyard, Silksworth
Name: Thomas Curry Age: 63
Died: 6th Oct 1909
Colliery: Margaret Pit, Newbottle
Company: Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Occupation: Wasteman
Notes:
He came out of a return airway, with three others on to the engine plane. The set was running, so he told the others to stay in the stenton whilst he went to see where the set was. No sooner had he left the stenton than he was run over by the set and fatally injured. As he had three quarters of an hour in which to travel about three quarters of a mile out to the shaft, there was no need for him to have gone out of the stenton until he had seen the set pass. Had he waited a minute or two he would have been safe [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 08 Oct 1909]
Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw
In loving memory of
Mary Curry
died April 6th 1894 aged 45 years
Thomas,
beloved husband of the above
who was accidentally killed at the
Margaret Pit Oct 6th 1909
aged 63 years |
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