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Surname

CAMERON

Forename

Allan

Day

11

Month

09

Year

1906

Age

16

Occupation

Assistant banksman

Mine/Quarry Name

Robin Hood (a)

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Flimby & Broughton Moor Coal & Fire Brick Co. Ltd

Location

Flimby

County

Cumberland

Details of Event

The loaded tubs from Seaton Moor Colliery are led by horses in sets of six or seven from the bottom of a self-acting incline along a road which crosses by a wooden bridge the pit and close to Robin Hood pit. This bridge is about 50 yards long and 7 feet wide, and is laid with single way it is 10 feet above the water, which is 13 feet deep about the centre a post and single rail fence is fixed on each side of the bridge the single rail at the top of the posts was 3 feet from the floor of the bridge. One of the two regular drivers had gone after the horse that had run away and the other was arranging a set at the foot of the incline and a lad who worked a small engine at Robin Hood pit was driving a set of loaded tubs across the bridge with the other horse, the third tub of the set appears to have been off the way from the points at the far side of the bridge. The set was stopped about the middle of the bridge, and deceased came to help to put it on the rails, and while doing so his feet slipped. He wore clogs and he fell under the fence into the pond and was drowned. He was quickly got out and subjected to artificial respiration without avail. The Jury recommended an additional rail to the fence.