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E. Ellis
| Age: | 51 |
| Died: | 1st Oct 1889 |
| Accident: | 1st Oct 1889 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1838 |
| Colliery: | Bank Rocks (Metalliferous) |
| Company: | H. and B. Goddard |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Notes: | Fall of stone |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Edward Ellis was killed in a stone mine called Bank Rocks, near Holmfirth, on the 1st October, by a fall of stone. This mine is the property of Messrs. H. and B. Goddard.
Ellis was an old coal miner, but had worked in this stone mine for about two years.
Three men were with him at the time of the accident, one of whom was his son, and they were working in a rise level. Ellis and his son were holing, and had two sprags set. The level was 12 feet in width. The stone, which fell suddenly and killed Edward Ellis, was several tons in weight, and appeared to have come off at a "break" or "slip" which ran across two other "slips" running parallel with the line of the level.
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- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 35 Where to find this report
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 39, Accident Number: 4 Where to find this report
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