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Surname
KELL
Forename
John
Day
23
Month
04
Year
1908
Age
15
Occupation
Landing Lad
Mine/Quarry Name
Byers Green
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Byers Green
County
Durham
Details of Event
This accident was due to a mistake in the signals. The hauling engineman thought he had received a signal for a far-off landing, whereas the signal he was intended to receive was for a landing not so far off and the ropes and points were changed for this latter landing. The boy was standing near the return-wheel ready to receive the set but it instead of being stopped, was hauled up against the wheel framing, and he was caught and killed. The signalling arrangements have since been altered, and telephones have also been installed, with a view of preventing a repetition of such an accident.