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Date:	12th June 1868
Colliery:	Cramlington, Dudley Pit
Company:	Lamb, Potter, and Co.
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	1
Category:

Falls of Coal and Stone.

Accident No. 23 on the list, occurred to Elisha Whitehouse, who was killed by a fall of stone at Cramlington Colliery.

From the evidence of a hewer, who worked in a place adjoining that in which the deceased was employed, it appeared that he had been in the place where the accident happened, about an hour before the occurrence, and noticed a slip in the roof, and thought a trouble was being approached ; he said there was plenty of props in the place ready for use, for their safety. Shortly before the accident a shot had been fired to blast some coal down, but which was not immediately effective, and it was supposed that on the deceased returning to the face (from which he had necessarily retired during the firing of the shot) the coal had fallen, and, owing to the slip named in the roof, a portion of stone fell along with it, and which, falling upon Whitehouse, caused his death.

Source:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 140

	Whitehouse, Elisha, aged 22, Hewer, fall of stone in Low Main seam
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