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Herbert Joynes
| Age: | 50 |
| Died: | 4th Apr 1910 |
| Accident: | 4th Apr 1910 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1860 |
| Colliery: | Sacriston |
| Company: | Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | He was hewing in a broken lift in a seam 2 feet thick. Having worked his coal forward 3 feet beyond the last row of props, he was creeping out to get some more timber to set, when a large stone 8 feet by 1½ feet by 1½ feet thick fell from between slips in the roof on to him. The cause of death was suffocation, as he was unable to breathe owing to the weight of the stone on his chest. The place was well timbered |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Falls in the Mine :: Falls of Roof :: At working faces, whilst hewing or working |
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- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 32, Accident Number: 4 Where to find this report
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