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Joseph Wilson
| Age: | 48 |
| Died: | 18th Nov 1898 |
| Accident: | 16th Nov 1898 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1850 |
| Colliery: | Herrington |
| Company: | Lambton Collieries Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | he was sawing off the end of a baulk of timber, against which some stone was resting. and when the timber gave way the stone fell and caught him, breaking some ribs against the rails [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 21 Nov 1898 pg 3; inquest - 23 Nov 1898 pg 3] |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 515 on the list occurred at Herrington Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Lambton Collieries, Ltd.. on November 16th, causing the death of a stoneman.
Deceased and another man were cutting out a baulk with a saw on the engine plane, and in doing so had probably disturbed the stone at the side, as a piece fell away at a slip, and caught and injured this man so severely that he died two days afterwards.
The man who was working with him at the inquest said, "The master-shifter made a proper examination before we started, and he came in twice while we were at work. We had set some timber, a stay from one side to the other to keep ourselves safe. The slip from which the stone fell was not to be seen before. When the stone fell it gave no warning, there was no dribbling, just a fizzle and the stone came straight off. We had plenty of timber."
From this evidence it will be seen that the accident was purely accidental, but it shows how careful everyone should be when renewing timber, from falls of both roof and side. Every precaution should be taken to support the stone before interfering with the old timber.
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- 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 16 Where to find this report
- 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 38, Accident Number: 515 Where to find this report
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