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Age:	51
Died:	13th Jul 1907
Accident:	13th Jul 1907
Year Born:	abt. 1856
Colliery:	Emma
Company:	Stella Coal Co., Ltd.
Occupation:	Stoneman
Notes:	killed by a fall of roof
Buried:	[not known]
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Deceased and his mate were shooting down top stone in gateways in longwall working lathe South Kyo Water Level district of the Five Quarter seam. A shot had been fired the day before in a gateway which had failed to bring down the stone and on the day of the accident they used the pinch and dislodged part of the stone. At the time of the accident deceased was under the brow on the right side of the gateway building stones, which his mate was handing to him, into a pack, when a stone, 6½ feet long by 2 feet 3 inches wide and 18 inches thick, fell from the roof upon him. It commenced near the breaking off props on the right side, two of which were canted out, and extended along the face, close to the coal. It was relieved by a parting above and two jacks running parallel to each other and the face, one being close to the coal. A deputy examined the place shortly before they started work but owing to a skin of coal next the roof did not observe the jacks. There were loose props near ready to set if they had thought it necessary. The Local Inspectors made a detailed report end remarked in it "We found there that the stone had come away from slips running each way, and therefore our opinion is if these slips bad been noticed timber ought to have been put in and there was sufficient timber at hand for that purpose, if on the other hand these slips were not seen then our opinion is that it was a pure accident."

• 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 39, Accident Number: 55 Where to find this report

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