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Henry Maddox
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| Died: | 23rd Jul 1871 |
| Accident: | 23rd Jul 1871 |
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| Colliery: | Standfast, Forest of Dean |
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| Occupation: | [Not employed] |
| Notes: | Fell own covered shaft |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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The next group of accidents to describe are those occurrences which in my opinion, as already stated, cannot be inserted in the Lists.
The fifth who lost his life was Henry Maddox, a person living in the Forest of Dean. On the 23rd of July he went to look for a lost sheep and did not return. Subsequent enquiry showed that on lands covering the "Standfast" Colliery gale he must have ascended a small mound so as to get an extension of view, and suddenly that elevation fell from under him, and down the pit he went and lost his life. I examined it and found it had been covered over by slabs of timber, and that again with ashes and earth. The timber was rotten with age and moisture, and no doubt gave way with Maddox's extra weight.
This deceptive fencing had been placed over the pit by former owners ; those who at present possess the Standfast Colliery were not aware of its unsafe condition.
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- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), South-western District by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 102 Where to find this report
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