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Anthony McCann
| Age: | 22 |
| Died: | 22nd Jun 1928 |
| Accident: | 22nd Jun 1928 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1906 |
| Colliery: | Vane Tempest |
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| Occupation: | Sinker |
| Notes: | killed by a fall of stone |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Anthony McCann, 22, sinker, was killed at Seaham New Colliery on 22nd June. An inquest into his death was held at the Police Buildings, Seaham Harbour. " Patrick McGill, chargeman, stated that on Friday morning an inset was being made into the Hutton Seam of the Vane shaft. There was a stone which was afterwards found to be 13 ft. 6 in. long, 9 ft. 6 in. wide and 2 ft. 8 in. thick. As it was necessary to bring the stone down , they took out the props supporting it, but they could not move it. It was then decided to blast it down and five props were reset under it. Holes were drilled at each end, and it was while McCann and another man named John Gerraghty were drilling the second hole that the stone crashed down, pinning McCann by his hand to the ground. McCann was not standing directly under the stone, but the props caused it to tilt in his direction."
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