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Date:	7th May 1869
Colliery:	Killingworth
Company:	John Bowes and Partners
Cause:	Fall of Stone
Lives Lost:	2
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Accident No. 28 occurred at Killingworth Colliery on the 7th May, when Thomas White, an old man, and Peter Carr, a boy, met with their deaths. They were working in a way which is only used for the purpose of having coals conveyed by it to the furnace, and were under the charge of Robert Langlands, the master wasteman, who examined the place, tried the roof, and found it rather heavy, and then, with a simple caution to the workmen to mind it, set them to work, and proceeded to the furnace. Some stone having afterwards fallen at this place, he was called back to examine it, and after doing so gave it as his opinion that no more would fall, and then left, being, as he said at the inquest, so satisfied with the soundness of the roof that he would not have been afraid to work under it himself. However, in a short time, pieces of stone began to fall, and continued doing so for some time before the main fall took place, thereby giving ample warning of the impending danger, and the poor old man White, was advised by two boys, who, from even their short experience in the mine, apprehended what was going to happen, to come away, but the advice was disregarded. Although there was no direct evidence at the inquest to attach blame to the master wasteman, yet I certainly think there had been a great want of care on his part in not taking more precaution for the safety of the men and boys.

Source:

1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 139, Accident Number: 28 Where to find this report

	Carr, Peter, aged 13, Driver, killed by a fall of stone
	White, Thomas, aged 84, Wasteman, killed by a fall of stone
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