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Joseph W. Woolley
| Age: | 35 |
| Died: | 1st Mar 1906 |
| Accident: | 27th Feb 1906 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1871 |
| Colliery: | South Hetton |
| Company: | South Hetton Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | He was sent by the shot-firer to guard one entrance to a place where two shots were to be fired. He returned to the place just as the second shot was exploded, and was severely injured. He died two days afterwards. [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 02 Mar 1906 pg 3] |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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The second occurred on February 27th, at South Hetton Colliery, belonging to Messrs. The South Hetton Coal Company, Limited, and resulted in the death of a stoneman. The man and his marrow had prepared two holes in a top canch. The shot firer was present ready to fire them. He sent the man who was killed to one entrance to the place to stop anyone from coming in, and the other man to the second entrance. He then lighted up one shot and retreated to where he had sent the second man. After the shot had exploded he returned, and, after examining the place, lighted up the second shot and shouted, as is usual, "Fire." He then retreated and the second shot exploded. The shot firer then returned to the canch, and was horrified to find the man he had sent to protect one entrance to the place beneath the stone which was brought down by the second shot. The man told the shot firer, on being asked what he was doing there, that he thought both shots had been fired. There were other shots being fired about the same time in the district, and it may be that the man mistook one of these others for one he had helped to prepare.
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- 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 19 Where to find this report
- 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 41, Accident Number: 91 Where to find this report
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