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David Jones
| Age: | 47 |
| Died: | 14th Jun 1924 |
| Accident: | 14th Jun 1924 3.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1877 |
| Colliery: | South Moor, Lousia Pit |
| Company: | South Moor Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Deputy |
| Notes: | two deputies were withdrawing the roof supports from a lift in a broken district. With the aid of a prop drawing appliance they had taken out six props. The roof had not fallen when the supports were withdrawn, and the two men were re-adjusting the prop drawer. Deceased was standing 8 ft. from the edge of the now unsupported roof, and was in the act of attaching his candle to a prop, when a large stone fell from the roof and knocked out a further two props. The props are 9 ft. long and the end of one of them struck deceased on the head, killing him outright |
| 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: 60, Accident Number: 33
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