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John Robert Telford
| Age: | 34 |
| Died: | 5th Sep 1924 |
| Accident: | 5th Sep 1924 10.30 p.m., 6th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1890 |
| Colliery: | New Brancepeth |
| Company: | Cochrane and Co. Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | Deceased was packing the debris from a bottom canch shot fired at the face of a gate in a seam 19 ins. thick. A fall of roof, 17 ft. by 10 ft. by 9 ins. thick, tapering to a feathery edge near the face line, occurred suddenly. His spine was fractured and he died almost immediately. Several props were canted out by the fall and it was impossible to state whether the timbering distance of 4 ft. had been exceeded or otherwise. The use of 6 ft. planks across the tramway might have prevented the accident |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Falls in Mines :: Falls of Roof :: At working face |
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- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 62, Accident Number: 52
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