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Age:	22
Died:	25th Jul 1904
Accident:	25th Jul 1904
Year Born:	abt. 1882
Colliery:	North Seaton
Company:	Cowpen Coal Co., Ltd.
Occupation:	Hewer
Notes:	killed by a fall of stone
Buried:	[not known]
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This accident occurred in a district of pillars in the Low Main seam which had been lost by creep and was won out again from a different direction, and the taking out of the pillars recommenced. Deceased's lift had holed into an old jenkin, and while he was pulling some coal off the face, a large fall of blue metal stone, 19 feet long by 5 feet wide and 3 feet thick, triangular in section.took place from the roof and fell upon him, another hewer in the place escaping unhurt, The stone fell about half in the lift and half in the old jenkin. Four pair of gears were set under it in the lift, the planks of which were broken, and the outbye end of the stone rested on a tub in the place. The fall came away at a jack and a slip, both of which were visible before the fall took place, the slip running through the seam as well as extending into the roof. The deputy had visited the place during the shift, and there was loose timber at hand. The Local Inspectors reported "in our opinion it was a pure accident, no one being in any way to blame."

• 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Accident Number: 61 Where to find this report
• 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 43, Accident Number: 61 Where to find this report

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