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Joseph Simms
| Age: | 46 |
| Died: | 15th Oct 1924 |
| Accident: | 14th Oct 1924 1.55 p.m., 5th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1878 |
| Colliery: | Shotton |
| Company: | Horden Collieries Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | Deceased was hewing near the loose end of a 5 yards wide lift in a seam 4 ft. 4 ins. thick. A roof stone, 6 ft. by 2 ft. 6 ins. by 2 ft. 9 ins. thick, fell on to him without warning, killing him instantly. The stone fell from two concealed slips forming an inverted "V" — one of which was a few inches over the coal head and from a loose end at the goaf edge. The stone snapped the end off a plank set on a centre prop and canted out another prop |
| 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: 63, Accident Number: 55
- Memorial photograph (T-04148-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
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