William Ferguson Pattinson
| Age: | 48 |
| Died: | 8th Jul 1935 |
| Accident: | 8th Jul 1935 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1887 |
| Colliery: | Montagu |
| Company: | |
| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | killed by a fall of stone |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | |
A stoneman and a shifter were killed at Montagu Main Colliery, Northumberland. With another workman they were engaged in making height on an endless-rope haulage road. Some post roof, 14 feet long, eight feet wide and averaging one foot in thickness, had parted from the roof above and was to be taken down. This portion of the roof was supported by two 12-foot steel girders, each supported at both ends. The second of these girders was being withdrawn when the roof fell and killed two of the men. Whilst the second girder was being withdrawn temporary supports were not set and the props from underneath the girder were being withdrawn with an ordinary mell. A safety contrivance was available and should have been used.
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Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 19 Jul 1935 | Notes from the Coal Fields, Northumberland and Durham (The Colliery Guardian) |
- 1935 Mines Inspectors Report
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