Durham Mining Museum - Alexander Bruce (original) (raw)

Individual Details Individual Details Age: 51 Died: 9th Jan 1924 Accident: 9th Jan 1924 8.0 p.m., 7th hour of shift Year Born: abt. 1873 Colliery: Whitehaven, Wellington Pit Company: Whitehaven Colliery Co. Occupation: Assistant Onsetter Notes: Buried: [not known] Category: Haulage :: Other Haulage Accidents Description A singular accident occurred at Wellington Colliery, Cumberland, by which two onsetters were killed, and two others sustained injury. These men were engaged, along with others at the shaft bottom, when a beam supporting a haulage pulley frame under the floor gave way, and the floor and pulley were flung upwards towards the roof. The men were entangled in the wreckage. The cause of the accident was the deterioration of the beam due to dry rot at one end where it was built into the brickwork 22 years ago. Related Articles Pub.DateArticle (Newspaper) 17 Jan 1924 Whitehaven Pit Accident, Haulage Wheel Wrecks Stage, Two Killed: Three Injured (Whitehaven News) Sources 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 18 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 73, Accident Number: 155 Researchers If you are researching Alexander Bruce (e.g. for family tree purposes) and you would like to hear from others with the same interest then please complete the details in the following form. We will show the information you provide on this page so that you can be contacted. What is your name? What is your contact email address? What is your research interest? Return Return to Top