Durham Mining Museum - Scott Barlow

Scott Barlow

Age:	26
Died:	4^th Jun 1934
Accident:	4^th Jun 1934
Year Born:	abt. 1908
Colliery:	Bowburn
Company:
Occupation:	Cutter
Notes:	electrocuted
Buried:	St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe


Description

A fatality occurred at Bowburn Colliery, Durham. A coal cutterman was dragging a 4-core cab-tyre sheathed trailing cable up a longwall face, carrying over his left shoulder the plug which was to be attached to the machine. Owing to a misunderstanding his mate inserted the plug at the other end of the cable into the gate-end panel and switched on the current whilst deceased was still some distance from the machine. The handle of the unfortunate man's electric lamp made contact with one of the phases in the plug and he was electrocuted. Written instructions have since been given to all machinemen to the effect that the leading man must himself attach the cable to the coal-cutter, and then return to the gate-end panel, insert the plug, and switch on the current.


Tombstone

Kelloe — St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ345365

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Names on this tombstone
	Name	Died	Age	Born
	Elizabeth Barlow
	Fred Barlow	12^th Sep 1944	29	1915
	Fred Barlow
→	Scott Barlow	4^th Jun 1934	26	1908


Sources

1934 Mines Inspectors Report
Tombstone(s) and Memorial in St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe

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