Samuel George Boulton Crisp
| Age: | 27 |
| Died: | 5th Sep 1919 |
| Accident: | 5th Sep 1919 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1892 |
| Colliery: | Hodbarrow (Metalliferous) |
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| Occupation: | |
| Notes: | address: 50, Lonsdale Road, Millom |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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The most distressing accident from falls of ground which has taken place in this district for at least 25 years occurred under quite ordinary conditions at Hodbarrow Mine, Cumberland, on the 5th September, when 3 men were killed. The men were engaged in extracting a small "middling" of ore from a vein about 7 feet wide, when a big slice of the limestone hanging wall suddenly fell and buried all 3 men. The sides of the vein were supported by eight larch props wedged between the hanging and foot walls. These sides had been examined a few hours previously by both officials and workmen and were considered perfectly sound. Up to a period about three weeks prior to the accident this section of the mine had been idle for seven or eight years. When it was reopened the old timber appeared to be good and it was not supplemented. Viewed in the light of after events this was an error of judgment, but apparently the place was regarded by both workmen and officials as one of the safest places in the mine.
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Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 11 Sep 1919 | The Hodbarrow Mine Fatality (Whitehaven News) |
| 11 Sep 1919 | Three Miners Killed At Millom, Fall Of Rock At Hodbarrow Mines (Whitehaven News) |
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