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Francis Ruddick
Deceased was hewing alone in a loose jenkin, 5 yards wide, just turned away off an old headways in the 1st East flat of the Towneley seam, which is 2 feet 4 inches thick, when a stone, 5½ feet by 2½ feet and 16 inches thick, fell upon him from the brow of the canch that had been taken down in the old headways. The stone would weigh about one ton, and was relieved by a breaker over the coal and a slip at one side, and had a free side next the old headways; in its fall it canted out a prop set under it, and also knocked out a prop under one end of a plank crossing the headways. The foreshift deputy has been twice in the place during the time deceased's brother occupied it during the foreshift and had observed no special danger. There was plenty of loose timber close at hand. The Local Inspectors reported, "We find that in our opinion it is a pure accident, there being sufficient timber in the place." There is always extra danger from falls of stone in driving the first yard or two from an old road.
Chopwell — St. John the Baptist Churchyard
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ123587
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
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| Frances Eva RUDDICK | 2nd Oct 1906 | 0 | 1906 |
| Francis RUDDICK | 12th Feb 1906 | 32 | 1874 |
| Hannah RUDDICK | | | |
| Harold RUDDICK | | 0 | |
- 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 25, Accident Number: 8 Where to find this report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-04680-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Chopwell
- Tombstone photograph (T-04695-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
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K. Ruddick
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02 Aug 2013 |
Ruddick family. Grandfather's 1st name was also Francis and family came from Bradford on Avon and Wales so wonder if this Francis is related.
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