Single Record

Full Details

Surname

TARBUCK

Forename

Edward

Day

13

Month

02

Year

1906

Age

19

Occupation

Pony Putter

Mine/Quarry Name

Choppington

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Bebside Coal Co. Ltd

Location

Choppington

County

Northumberland

Details of Event

Deceased was last seen by another putter 10 minutes before he was found dead when he appeared to be all right. He was going outbye with his pony drawing a loaded tub and would ride on the limbers. The road was 6 feet wide and 4 feet high inside the timber and dipped outbye about 1.5 inches per yard. One sprag was in the wheel of the tub. The putter who had last seen him found him between one of the rails and the side of the road lying parallel to the pony, his cap was on his head and his open lamp, still burning, was lying on its side between the rails and between the pony and tub. The pony, which was said to be quiet, was standing with its limbers connected to the tub and the tub was derailed. There was nothing to indicate that any accident had happened. The doctor who saw the body could not afford much information at the inquest, and it was adjourned for a post-mortem examination, which was made by himself and three other medical men, and at the adjourned inquest he stated that all the organs were healthy, but there was a bruise between the dorsal and lumbar region near the left kidney from which there had been considerable effusion of blood, and they concluded that death was due to heart failure following shock caused by the blow that had caused the effusion of blood. How the blow had been received could not he ascertained, but the presumption is that it was caused either by the pony or tub. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased met his death by syncope induced by shock as a result of a blow received while following his employment in the pit. The Local Inspectors reported, ‘Hereby certify that everything is in order and there is no indication of evidence of any accident.'