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Date:	10th December 1897
Colliery:	Shap (Quarry)
Company:	Shap Granite and Patent Concreate Co., Ltd.
Cause:	By explosives
Lives Lost:	1
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The fatal accident occurred at the Shap Granite Quarries, in Westmoreland, on the 10th December, and caused the death of a labourer.

The foreman had just called the deceased man from some work, and was going to send him to some other, when they were both struck by a powder van, which was being shunted by a locomotive engine. Owing to the height of the powder van the driver of the engine could not see these two men, and owing to a stone breaker working close to and making a great noise, they could not hear the engine approaching. The foreman was knocked to one side and not injured at all, but the other unfortunate man was so severely crushed that he died at Carlisle infirmary, where he was taken directly after the accident occurred, on the 17th, or seven days afterwards.

Source:

1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 61 Where to find this report

	Iveson, Henry (died: 17 Dec 1897) , aged 21, Labourer, Run over by a loco. engine on private branch railway. Tetanus supervened, and he died on the 17th inst
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