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William Aver
| Age: | 50 |
| Died: | 17th Oct 1912 |
| Accident: | 17th Oct 1912 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1862 |
| Colliery: | Wheal Coates (Metalliferous) |
| Company: | Cornish Mines, Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Surface labourer |
| Notes: | He was passing by the side of a traction wagon, which was loaded to a height of 2 feet 6 inches above the sides with long pitch pine baulks, when some of them fell away. One of them, 16 feet long by 12 inches by 11 inches fell on him, broke his ribs and both legs. He died twenty minutes later. Just before he went to the wagon, a chain, which encircled the load, had been released and the side door dropped, and as he was passing, a man standing on the top of the baulks was pulling up the chain. The centre of gravity of the load had been displaced in transit. In all probability the baulks were on the point of falling when the chain was released, and the movement of the man on top of the load no doubt set them in motion |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On the Surface :: Miscellaneous |
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- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Midland and Southern District (No. 8) by Hugh Johnstone, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 71, Accident Number: 2 Where to find this report
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