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Surname
HUTCHINSON
Forename
James
Day
15
Month
09
Year
1911
Age
19
Occupation
Staple Lad
Mine/Quarry Name
Seaham
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Londonderry Collieries Ltd
Location
Seaham
County
Durham
Details of Event
It was his duty to mind the bottom of a drop staple, 32 fathoms in depth. He was very keen at his work, and had been previously remonstrated with for rapping the cage away before the tub was securely snecked in the cage. On this occasion the tub had gone too far through the cage, and while reaching in to pull it back he inadvertently pulled the rapper with his right hand. The cage was suddenly lifted away and he was caught with it and crushed against the first bunton in the staple. He died two days later in the Royal Infirmary, Sunderland.