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Joseph Young
| Age: | 40 |
| Died: | 28th Mar 1924 |
| Accident: | 28th Mar 1924 9.30 p.m., 5th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1884 |
| Colliery: | Urpeth |
| Company: | Pelaw Main Collieries Co. |
| Occupation: | Chargeman |
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| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Miscellaneous Underground :: Explosives |
A chargeman was killed at Urpeth Colliery, Durham. The deceased, an authorised shotfirer, charged three shotholes in the top canch of a gateway on a longwall face. He fired the first shot, taking shelter in an adjoining gateway, and was accompanied there by the stonemen who were engaged at the canch. Deceased proceeded to couple up the cable to the second shot. He had, however, neglected to detach the cable from the shotfiring battery, and had also left the handle on the battery. After coupling up the cable to the detonator leads of the second shot, he was heard to give a warning shout of "fire." One of the stonemen, not authorised to act as a shotfirer, apparently took the warning shout of "fire" as an instruction to him to fire the shot, and illegally turned the handle of the battery. The shot exploded whilst deceased was still standing at the shot-hole, and he received severe injuries to his head, which proved fatal two days later.
- 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: 20
- 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: 68, Accident Number: 105
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