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Sidney Southern
| Age: | 32 |
| Died: | 22nd Jul 1910 |
| Accident: | 20th Jul 1910 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1878 |
| Colliery: | Bishop Middleham (quarry) |
| Company: | Pease and Partners Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Quarryman |
| Notes: | whilst wheeling stones to a waggon, a rolling stone caught him causing injuries from which he died two days after |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Inside the Quarries :: Falls of Ground |
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The second fatal accident occurred at Messrs. Pease & Partners', Bishop Middleham Quarry, near Ferry Hill. Three quarrymen were at work on the main bench 15 feet wide and were engaged in conveying magnesian limestone to a railway waggon by means of barrows. While the deceased was so engaged a mass of rock estimated at 10 tons suddenly fell away from the quarry face about 40 feet up above the bench. The stone broke up and two of the men dodged the stone, but one piece of about 3 or 4 hundredweights rolled on to the deceased and fastened him on the edge of the bench. He unfortunately had his back towards the fall, otherwise he could probably have jumped clear. The rock just below the portion which fell was of a more friable, or rotten nature and the mass came away at an imperfect joint. A heavy shot had been fired about a week previously and all the loose and hanging rock was said to have been dressed down.
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- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676) Where to find this report
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 44, Accident Number: 4 Where to find this report
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