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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]Unfortunately no names are given are given in this extract from The General Weekly Register dated Sunday 19th of May 1822. quote A most melancholy circumstance recently happened at the coal-pits at Shipley, near Derby, by which four valuable workmen lost their lives. While ascending from the pit by means of an engine called a whimsey, a cogwheel, constituting a part of this engine, by some unforeseen accident was displaced, and the whole machinery being left without check or restraint, these unfortunate men were instantly precipitated to the bottom of the pit, and falling near 100 yards, as is calculated, with a weight of three tons of chain upon them, two of them were killed on the spot, a third survived but a few minutes, and the fourth, who was got alive out of the pit, died the same evening. unquote The use of a link chain instead of hemp rope for winding men and material seems unusual. Anyone any thoughts or reasons for reason for using chain ? If I come across any more references to local colliery accidents I wil add them to this thread. regards Phil[/quote]
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philfred

Local Mining accidents/deaths
replied on: 11/15/2007 5:14:19 PM

Unfortunately no names are given are given in this extract from The General Weekly Register dated Sunday 19th of May 1822.

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A most melancholy circumstance recently happened at the coal-pits at Shipley, near Derby, by which four valuable workmen lost their lives. While ascending from the pit by means of an engine called a whimsey, a cogwheel, constituting a part of this engine, by some unforeseen accident was displaced, and the whole machinery being left without check or restraint, these unfortunate men were instantly precipitated to the bottom of the pit, and falling near 100 yards, as is calculated, with a weight of three tons of chain upon them, two of them were killed on the spot, a third survived but a few minutes, and the fourth, who was got alive out of the pit, died the same evening.
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The use of a link chain instead of hemp rope for winding men and material seems unusual. Anyone any thoughts or reasons for reason for using chain ? If I come across any more references to local colliery accidents I wil add them to this thread.

regards Phil

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