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John Harvey
| Age: | 34 |
| Died: | 27th Jun 1924 |
| Accident: | 27th Jun 1924 11.45 a.m., 6th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1890 |
| Colliery: | Eston (Ironstone) |
| Company: | Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Notes: | whilst deceased was clearing some loose ironstone from the floor of a seam 15 ft. thick, to allow the deputy to set a prop, a fall of roof, weighing nearly 7 tons, occurred. Deceased was pinned to the floor, and sustained injuries from which he died a few hours later. The stone came away from a well-defined slip on one side and from a feather edge on the other, which had been exposed by a shot fired about an hour earlier |
| 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: 61, Accident Number: 37
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