Single Record

Full Details

Surname

BROWN

Forename

Robert

Day

11

Month

01

Year

1904

Age

30

Occupation

Hewer

Mine/Quarry Name

Washington

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Washington Coal Co. Ltd

Location

Washington

County

Durham

Details of Event

Died January 13th. Deceased was hewing in a place the road into which inclined at the rate of 1 in 9. The putter brought an empty tub with pony to a siding 16 yards from the face and went with his pony to the face and brought away a full tub. When past the empty tub in the siding left the pony and full tub and took the empty tub to the face and placed a chock before it. He then followed pony outbye and heard the full tub which had become detached from pony's limbers coming back; he threw himself clear, and the full tub dash into the empty tub, forcing it over a chock against the face and crushed deceased. In dipping places a ‘cow’ or iron bar, 18 inches long, with a link at one end and pointed at the other is hooked on to the crook of the tub so as to stop it running back should become detached from the pony limbers. In this case the putter stated he used the ‘cow’ but that it had not acted. He further said he found the ‘cow’ lying 24 yards from the face after the accident, but Mr. Abbott found a cow next day partly buried in coal next the face. The Local Inspectors while reporting that they thought it a 'pure accident’ recommended that the cows be lengthened to 2 feet and, instead of a pointed end be provided with two claws.