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William Williams
| Age: | 48 |
| Died: | 24th Jul 1911 |
| Accident: | 24th Jul 1911 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1863 |
| Colliery: | Eston (Ironstone) |
| Company: | Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Notes: | he was filling a waggon in a broken place where the seam was 17 feet thick when a piece of stone burst from near the top of the seam and striking him on the head killed him; a shot had been fired about 1½ hours before immediately under the stone which fell; the shot knocked out a prop which the deputy had wisely set on the face side of a well defined back crossing the place; this prop was not re-set; probably the roof had settled at the back owing to the failure to re-set the prop and this caused the side to burst off |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Falls in the Mine :: Falls of Side :: At working faces, whilst hewing or working |
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- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 30, Accident Number: 2 Where to find this report
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