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Frank Kell
| Age: | 53 |
| Died: | 5th Jun 1964 |
| Accident: | 5th Jun 1964 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1911 |
| Colliery: | Sherburn Hill |
| Company: | National Coal Board |
| Occupation: | Power loader |
| Notes: | fall of stone; address: 54 Plantation Avenue, Littletown ; left a wife, daughter and son ; his brother John was killed at the same pit a year later |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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An inquest jury return a verdict of accidental death on a miner killed in Sherburn Hill Colliery.
The miner, Frank Kell, 53, married with one daughter, of 27 Plantation Avenue, Littletown, died on June 5 when a huge stone fell on him, the jury heard in Sherburn Hill Miners Welfare Hall yesterday.
A fellow power loader, William Jones, 45, of Hillside View, Sherburn, told the inquest that after preparations Mr. Kell started to operate a cutting machine, and he followed alongside the machine setting temporary props.
"The machine stopped and as it did so I heard a heavy thud." He looked round and saw a big stone on top of Mr. Kell and the machine. He shouted for assistance. It took an hour ro free Mr. Kell. The medical attendant, Mr. E. Cook, arrived and said he thought Mr. Kell was dead.
The deputy in charge of the district, James Leonard, 60, of Park House Gardens, Sherburn, said he inspected the area a quarter of an hour before the accident. "I examined the road-head, the general conditions in fron of it, and the conditions appeared to be normal."
Source: Northern Echo, 18th June, 1964
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 18 Jun 1964 | Miner died in 'safe' section, A Sherburn correspondent (Northern Echo) |
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| KAREN SAMS, NOW JONES | 12 Feb 2015 |
I Lived next door to ALAN AND PEGGY KELL, HILLSIDE VIEW, SHERBURN. was the deceased a relative? I feel sure he must have been. |
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