Thomas Nixon
| Age: | 20 |
| Died: | 13th Jan 1904 |
| Accident: | 13th Jan 1904 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1884 |
| Colliery: | Barrasford (Whinstone) |
| Company: | Northumberland Whinstone Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Quarryman |
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| Buried: | [not known] |
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Deceased was working about 12 feet from the floor of the quarry on a pile of loose rock. He had fired two springing shots of gunpowder in cracks in the rock; about 15 minutes after firing the last shot, which contained about ½ lb. of powder, he was preparing to recharge the crack when about ½ ton of rock fell from the face about 10 feet directly above him. He was struck on the head and knocked off the loose stones into the bottom of the quarry. He had examined the face above where he was working the day before, using a rope, and had pinched off any loose stone. There was a slip at the bottom of the rock that fell and cracks at the sides. The previous night had been very wet, and this may have helped with the shots to loosen the rock
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- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 74, Accident Number: 1 Where to find this report
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Anne Lawson nee NIXON
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25 Jan 2017 |
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