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Age:	39
Died:	15th Jan 1904
Accident:	15th Jan 1904
Year Born:	abt. 1865
Colliery:	Moat (Sandstone)
Company:	Herbertsons Ltd.
Occupation:	Quarryman
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Buried:	[not known]
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Deceased and two others had a contract for the removal of overburden and had worked forward an upper step 10 feet high for a distance of 11 feet. The overburden consisted of soil, then a sandy bed, and then clay and stones. The system of working was to undercut the clay to a depth of from 6 inches to a foot, and then wedge it down from the top. Deceased and one of his partners were on the ledge undercuting the clay, deceased being next the quarry hole, the bottom of which was 25 feet below. A mass of clay, about 7 feet high and 6 feet long, suddenly fell off the face below the sand bed next the quarry hole and knocked both of them off the ledge. Deceased fell to the bottom of the quarry, receiving injuries which resulted in his death a few hours later. His partner was knocked into a clay wagon standing on rails 10 feet below and escaped with little injury. The weather had been very wet and may have loosened the clay. As a similar accident at this quarry had caused the death of a man on October 12, 1903, the Jury added a rider to their verdict recommending that the lessees of the quarry "seriously consider whether some precautions cannot be taken to prevent such occurrences in the future."

• 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 74, Accident Number: 2 Where to find this report

Email	Researcher	Date	Interest
	Anna Turpin	27 Jan 2020	My great grandfather was George Carruthers. I believe his father worked as a mine manager in Durham before moving to Parton in Cumbria,

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