New Search

Return to Search Results

Full Details

Surname
PYLE
Forename
William Thomas
Day
15
Month
11
Year
1906
Age
57
Occupation
Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitburn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Harton Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Whitburn
County
Durham
Details of Event
Died December 24. Deceased was sitting in a bord with his back against a chock and his legs extending over the tramway getting his bait. The bord dipped outbye about 3.5 inches per yard. Two men working further in brought out a kibble loaded with old wood. They had put a drag into one pair of the wheels of the kibble, and while one carried the lamps the other held on to the kibble, but allowing it to get away it ran forward and caught deceased. The men shouted before the kibble got away, as although they did not see deceased they saw the reflection of his lamp, but as he was deaf he had probably not heard. He was taken to the Ingham Infirmary at South Shields and treated for a broken thigh, and he then went to his son’s house at North Seaton, in Northumberland, where he died. A post-mortem examination revealed that in addition to a broken thigh two of his ribs were fractured and pleurisy had supervened. The verdict of the Coroner’s was accidental death.