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Thomas Hopper
| Age: | 51 |
| Died: | 17th Sep 1897 |
| Accident: | 17th Sep 1897 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1846 |
| Colliery: | Dinnington |
| Company: | John Bowes and Partners Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | Lyall was laying a turn, and Hopper who was passing the place stopped to speak to him, when there was a sudden fall of stone, which came away from a couple of "jacks." [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 333. This fatality, which I may also safely describe as purely accidental, took place at Dinnington Colliery, Northumberland, on the 17th September, and occasioned the loss of two lives.
John Lyall, an old and experienced deputy, was laying a turn into a new gateway. Thomas Hopper, a stoneman, in the course of his duties, had occasion to pass this place. It appears that he stopped to speak to Lyall, when just at that moment a huge mass of stone (12 ft. by 6 ft. and 17 ins, at thick end, tapering to a fine edge at the other) fell without any warning on the two men, killing them instantly. Both of these men were upwards of 50 years of age, and had a lengthened experience of the pit. They were undoubtedly competent men, and were reputedly careful ; there was plenty of timber handy, but neither of them seems to have had the slightest suspicion that the stone was unsound. The fall disclosed a couple of "jacks," which were quite sufficient to account for the sudden collapse.
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- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 11 Where to find this report
- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 26, Accident Number: 333 Where to find this report
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