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Date:	8th August 1868
Colliery:	Brancepeth
Company:	Strakers and Love
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	2
Category:

Falls of Coal and Roof.

No. 53 accident caused the deaths of two coal hewers, although a deputy had examined the place, and put in timber for the support of the roof, only about ten minutes before the fall occurred, and one of the sufferers by the accident (as in No. 23 accident) had complained to the deputy of his having put in too much timber for the purpose, and during the short time that elapsed between the deputy leaving the place and the occurrence of the accident one of the sufferers was observed by a putter to be apparently in the act of removing one of the props which the deputy had just put in to support the roof, and it appears to be probable that this act caused the fatal fall of stone to take place.

Source:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Durham District by John J. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 13

	Clark, Michael, aged 36, Hewer, fall of stone in broken
	Hodgshon, Abraham, aged 26, Hewer, fall of stone in pillar working
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