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Surname
PRESTON
Forename
John
Day
17
Month
12
Year
1912
Age
17
Occupation
Offtake Lad
Mine/Quarry Name
Dawdon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Londonderry Collieries Ltd
Location
Seaham Harbour
County
Durham
Details of Event
His duty was to change the clips on the over tub endless rope at a point on the haulage road where the rope was guided round a bend by two horizontal binding wheels fixed on vertical shafts. He also had to work a switch in order to supply a few men with tubs straight along from time to time, and to get to the switch he had to pass round the binding wheel. A boy close by stated that he saw deceased stumble, catch hold of the rope, then pass through between the binding wheels, a space of 3.5 inches. It seems more probable that he was drawn into the wheels but succeeded in extricating himself.