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| Date: | 23rd May 1898 |
| Colliery: | East Hetton |
| Company: | Walter Scott, Ltd. |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 3 |
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When bringing a pillar back they had got 15 yards of goaf on, and a very large stone fell and canted four rows of props out, and killed these three men instantly
| Source: | 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Page: 39, Accident Number: 234 Where to find this report |
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 | Davison, Matthew, aged 25, Hewer, when bringing a pillar back they had got 15 yards of goaf on, and a very large stone fell and canted four rows of props out, and killed these three men instantly |
| | Gorman, Thomas, aged 45, Hewer, when bringing a pillar back they had got 15 yards of goaf on, and a very large stone fell and canted four rows of props out, and killed these three men instantly, Buried: Quarrington Churchyard |
| | Luke, Thomas, aged 47, Deputy, when bringing a pillar back they had got 15 yards of goaf on, and a very large stone fell and canted four rows of props out, and killed these three men instantly, Buried: Quarrington Churchyard |
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