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Date:	15th May 1896
Colliery:	Binchester
Company:	Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd.
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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No. 229 on the list occurred at Binchester Colliery, belonging to Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co., Limited, on the 15th of May, causing the death of a miner.

This man's death was caused by his own want of care or skill. He had fired a shot, and in the process of drilling the hole had got into the solid coal, where no kirving or holing had been done, the result was that when the shot was fired some of the timber was knocked out and the stone forming the roof considerably shaken. Instead of examining the place and at once re-setting the timber, he appears to have neglected to take any precautions whatever, and was killed by a fall of stone shortly afterwards.

This is one of the accidents which should never take place. In the first place, if he had drilled the hole properly the timber most probably would not have been displaced, but that having occurred, it should have been his first duty to reset the timber or leave the place and send for the deputy to do so.

Source:

1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 10 Where to find this report

	Hodgson, John Joseph, aged 28, Hewer, He had fired a shot, which displaced some timber; he neglected to re-set it and commenced to kirve when a fall of stone took place, injuring him so severely that he died the same day, Buried: St. Mark's Churchyard, Eldon
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16 May 1896

Two Workmen Killed (Northern Daily Mail)

 

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