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	Individual Details		Individual Details

Age:	58
Died:	5th Oct 1894
Accident:	5th Oct 1894 9:30 AM, 3rd hour of shift
Year Born:	abt. 1836
Colliery:	Goathland (Metalliferous)
Company:	George Schofield
Occupation:	Miner
Notes:	Killed instantly by fall of roof
Buried:	[not known]
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The accident, Number 2. on the Metalliferous Mines list occurred at Goathland Whinstone Mine, on the 5th of October, about 9.30 o'clock a.m., causing the death of John Hodgson, a miner.

It was caused by a fall of stone from the roof, which in this particular place had been trimmed, and it was thought, made secure a month before. The fall took place at a clay back, which is a very unusual thing at this mine, while he and another man were getting other pieces of stone down, without any warning, and killed him on the spot. The other man had a most miraculous escape, he was standing on a bench with deceased, and the stone just missed him when it fell.

This clay back, or parting, misled deceased; it would not be visible before the stone fell, and it shows how much care is required on the part of both officials and workmen to prevent accidents like this one.

• 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 16 Where to find this report
• 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 49, Accident Number: 2 Where to find this report

Email	Researcher	Date	Interest
	Daniel Maguire	24 Jan 2014	My grandfather (deceased) is Thomas Ernest Hodgson - John Hodgson who was killed at Goathland Whinstone mine in 1894 was (I think) my great-great-great Grandfather

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