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Edward Radford
| Age: | 30 |
| Died: | 15th Aug 1856 |
| Accident: | 15th Aug 1856 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1826 |
| Colliery: | Highfield |
| Company: | William Worsick, Esq. |
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| Notes: | Fall of brickwork in shaft sinking |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Accident No. 22.
This accident occurred in the sinking-shaft of a new colliery, by several yards of brickwork falling suddenly. The lime used, which was a water lime, did not set. A large hole had been made in the bottom of the brickwork by blasting in the pit, which was neglected to be made up. The wet state of the shaft, the lime not setting, and the large hole in the brickwork being left unrepaired, together with the neglect of backing the brickwork well, were the causes of this accident. Special rules cannot be established until the shafts are sunk to the coal ; otherwise the negligent parties in this case would have been punished.
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- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by John Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 72, Accident Number: 22
- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by John Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 74
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