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Surname
COGAN
Forename
James
Day
28
Month
07
Year
1903
Age
27
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Washington
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Washington Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Washington
County
Durham
Details of Event
While a set of 48 loaded tubs was be being drawn up a road rising 4 inches per yard by a main rope the coupling between the fourth and fifth tubs broke and the set ran back and crushed deceased who was found in a manhole. A bull bogie runs at the end of the set and has two horns which drop a catch the ground if it runs back but on this occasion one of the horns caught and displaced a roller and they did not grip so soon as usual. The couplings are loose and consist of two end links of 1 inch iron and three smaller intermediate links of 7/8inch iron and it was one of the smaller links that gave way at a bad weld. The Local Inspector reported, 'We consider it pure accident.'.