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Alfred Hedley
| Age: | 34 |
| Died: | 4th Jul 1914 |
| Accident: | 4th Jul 1914 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1880 |
| Colliery: | Eldon |
| Company: | Pease and Partners Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | Deceased was hewing in a longwall face, when he exposed a slip, which allowed a large stone to fall, canting out the timber and killing him |
| Buried: | South Church Cemetery |
| Category: | Falls in the Mine :: Falls of Roof :: At Working Face |
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At Eldon Colliery, Durham, a hewer while getting coal at a longwall face bared off to or unkeyed a slip in the roof, and a large stone fell and canted out a pair of gears next to the face and killed him. Sufficient timber had been set, but it was badly set, and the accident was due to a faulty system of timbering. Planks were set running parallel to the face, instead of at right angles to it. As the ordinary roof "breaks" form parallel to the face, the planks should be set at right angles to them and so as to cross them.
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- 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023) Where to find this report
- 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 51, Accident Number: 8 Where to find this report
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