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Herbert Durance
| Age: | 38 |
| Died: | 7th May 1928 |
| Accident: | 7th May 1928 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1890 |
| Colliery: | Lingdale (Ironstone) |
| Company: | Pease and Partners Ltd. |
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| Notes: | After preparing and lighting the fuse of a blasting charge he made for a place of safety. Before he reached it however the charge exploded and Durance was struck by flying stone, receiving severe injuries to the head. He died soon after admission to the Admiral Chaloner Hospital in Guisborough. |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Two fatalities were due to failure to wait the statutory period before going back. In one case a miner was killed at Lingdale Ironstone Mine, Yorks., N.R. A shot was charged with 1 lb. of gunpowder to be fired by squib at the face of a level. After two miss-fires through the match going out, probably due to dampness, deceased lighted a third squib. Thinking this also had gone out deceased returned, and when a few yards from the face the shot went off and fatally injured him. It is probable that while the shot did not go off at its usual time deceased did not wait the statutory 10 minutes before returning to the shot. When he found two faulty squibs in succession deceased should have secured a fresh lot before attempting to fire again.
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- 1928 Mines Inspectors Report
- Contributions by members of the Public
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