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Robert Mason
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| Died: | 13th Jul 1864 |
| Accident: | 13th Jul 1864 |
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| Colliery: | Wooley |
| Company: | Joseph Pease and Partners |
| Occupation: | Sinker |
| Notes: | killed by shot in sinking bottom |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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At the Wooley sinking pit, belonging to Messrs. Joseph Pease & Co. (where No. 33 accident had occurred). On the 13th July, Robert Mason, one of the chargemen over the sinkers, and brother of the contractor for sinking the pit, was killed by the explosion of a shot used for blasting the stone in sinking the shaft.
He had applied a light to ignite the shot, and had been drawn up the shaft with one of the sinkers, as usual, to be out of the way when the explosion took place.
After being suspended in the shaft he gave the signal to be lowered down to the bottom again, and persisted in landing there, notwithstanding that the light was still burning near the shot.
Immediately after landing the shot was ignited by the burning match, and the explosion ensued, causing his death, while the sinker who accompanied him escaped almost unhurt.
It was a vert daring and imprudent thing on the part of Mason to venture to the bottom of the shaft when he knew that the match was still burning.
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- 1864 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 21
- 1864 Mines Inspectors Report, Southern District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 36, Accident Number: 38
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