Limefield (Oil Shale)

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Fairley, James, 20 Nov 1911, aged 38, Miner, He was driving a level, when a shot fired in an upset approaching at right angles from a lower level, burst through and killed him. As he is said to have received a signal from below that a shot was to be fired, and had given a return signal, it is difficult to see why he remained in the place

Robertson, James, 06 Jan 1897, aged 40, Miner, Two shots charged with gunpowder were prepared, one above the other, one shot was thought to have missed, and deceased and his neighbour returning too soon the second or top shot exploded on them

Russell, Robert, 23 Feb 1922, (accident: 18 Feb 1922, 9.15 a.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 39, Shale miner, Deceased and other men were prevented from working in their usual place owing to a fall. They were given permission to work elsewhere and two of them went up to a split, which had been inspected two hours before and was unfenced, although it had not been worked for some weeks. Gas was ignited and Russell was so badly burned that he died on 23rd February. Three other men were also burnt. A creep was attacking the level and bursting up the pavement and it is believed the gas came from this.

Sneddon, Richard, 11 Jan 1901, aged 32, Miner, Deceased worked in an upset rising 1 in 2, and in the usual way bored and charged holes for shots at the face, four "yankee" or holing shots were placed at different parts, and over these were two "brairder" shots. When everything was ready deceased began to ignite the fuse of each shot, and apparently he had trouble in getting the fuse of one of the "brairders" to ignite, which caused delay, and one of the shots exploded and he was thrown to the bottom of the upset, a distance of 40 feet, and before help could reach him the remainder of the shots, except one, exploded. The fuse of the unexploded shot, a "brairder," showed signs of a light having been applied to it

Sneddon, Robert, 01 Mar 1902, aged 55, Brushing contractor, The tubs are raised by carriages running on permanent rails, one set of carriages descends while the other ascends. Deceased had assisted the bencher to load the ascending carriage at a bench about midway on the carriage way, and as soon as the carriages moved away he stepped down to cross to the opposite side, and was struck by the descending carriages

Sneddon, Thomas, 04 Mar 1901, aged 20, Miner, Fall of top shale from the roof near the face of a level