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Date:	27th August 1897
Colliery:	Eston (Ironstone)
Company:	Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd.
Cause:	Fall of ground
Lives Lost:	2
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No. 360 on the list occurred at Eston Mines, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., Limited, causing the deaths of a father and son, both miners, on August 27th.

These men were working together and fired a shot which had left a piece of the ironstone up in one of the corners of the place. They commenced to bar it down and eventually succeeded in doing so, but unfortunately it exposed a sandy parting and a stone above, the shape of a horse's back, which, as soon as its support was removed, fell and killed them both.

This is a very sad accident, inasmuch as it caused the death of two men, and they father and son. I do not, however, think it could have by any means been prevented, as the sandy parting above was not visible until the stone which they were barring fell.

Source:

1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 12 Where to find this report

	Douglas, John, aged 23, Miner, They had fired a shot in the side and were engaged getting the stone down when a large fall of roof took place and killed them
	Douglas, Mark, aged 43, Miner, They had fired a shot in the side and were engaged getting the stone down when a large fall of roof took place and killed them
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28 Aug 1897

Sad Mining Fatality, Father and Son Killed (Dundee Evening Telegraph)

 

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