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James Gartland
| Age: | 55 |
| Died: | 7th Feb 1929 |
| Accident: | 7th Feb 1929 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1874 |
| Colliery: | Ouston, E Pit |
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| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | fatally injured by a fall of stone |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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James Gartland, 55, stoneman, was fatally injured at Ouston E Pit on 7 February. He was helping to move a fall of stone in the Busty Seam when a second fall pinned him under a large stone. The other men managed to raise it a little and inserted a plank underneath it to ease the weight.
Master shifter John Robbins said: "The plank was propped, but he was shouting, struggling and kicking. Although we told him to keep quiet and we would soon get him out, he continued to struggle and he kicked out the props and the stone fell back on him."
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