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Robert Tayor
| Age: | 59 |
| Died: | 15th Aug 1902 |
| Accident: | 15th Aug 1902 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1843 |
| Colliery: | Stanley Drift |
| Company: | Pease and Partners Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | the deputy went into Taylor's place to set and alter the timber and while doing so a stone 8 ft. long and 3 ft. broad and an average thickness of 9 inches fell and killed them both |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 286 on the list occurred at Stanley Drift, belonging to Messrs. Pease and Partners, Ltd., on August 15th, causing the death of a deputy and a hewer.
This accident occurred in a place, in the brokens, which was just being turned away out of a headways. The hewer went in early in the morning, and the deputy followed him into the place at 5.30 a.m., for the purpose of setting timber and to change some in order to make space for the tub to get into the place ; and, when he was doing so, a fall of stone, measuring 9 feet by 5 feet, came away from the roof at a "jack" or slip, tapering to a feather edge towards the face, and killed them both.
It is probable the deputy in removing some of the timber had not noticed the slip, and he would not know that the stone ran out to a feather edge at the face ; and in resetting it had not got the props in the right place to prevent the stone from falling, and the heavy end canted the timber out. The stone when it fell was quite brown, showing it had a free parting on the top.
When places are being turned away like this extra care is required, as slips and breakers caused by pressure have to be guarded against.
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- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590) Where to find this report
- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 49, Accident Number: 286 Where to find this report
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