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James Goulding
| Age: | 53 |
| Died: | 29th Jun 1897 |
| Accident: | 29th Jun 1897 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1844 |
| Colliery: | Leasingthorne |
| Company: | Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | While kirving in a band, 27 inches thick, in the seam he pricked a slip and the stone fell and killed him. He had been warned by the hewer next to him that the stone was dangerous |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 280 on the list occurred at Leasingthorne Colliery, also belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Limited, on June 29th, causing the death of a hewer.
The deceased was working in a seam of the following section:
| Ft. | Ins. | |
|---|---|---|
| Top coal | 1 | 2 |
| Band | 1 | 10 |
| Bottom coal | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | 11 |
He was kirving in the band next to the bottom coal and had allowed the portion above to hang back too far. He holed up to a slip and the band fell and killed him.
Where the band is thick like this one, it is most important either to sprag or take it down as the kirving progresses, for if this is not done and a slip is met with the stone above is sure to fall and is a great source of danger.
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- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 12 Where to find this report
- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 38, Accident Number: 280 Where to find this report
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