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Date:	6th June 1899
Colliery:	East Hetton
Company:	Walter Scott, Ltd.
Cause:	Fall of roof or side
Lives Lost:	1
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No. 223 on the list occurred at East Hetton Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Walter Scott, Ltd., on June 6th, causing the death of a stoneman.

On the day in question the deceased man and his son were working on the engine plane, when they noticed a fork come in on the endless rope without a tub, and thinking there was something wrong they got the rope stopped, and then went out-bye to see what was the matter. After going about 20 yards they found three tubs off the way, and a prop at one end of a baulk knocked out by the tubs; the baulk was down and some stone had fallen.

They got the baulk out of the way and the tubs on to the rails again, and deceased then sent his son for a pick in order to try the stone by sounding it ; but while the son was away he had evidently got into the middle of the road to clear some of the stones away, and when he was doing so a further fall of stone had taken place and caught and so severely injured him that he died five days afterwards.

Before the fall occurred the roof was quite level and appeared to be solid, and there were no symptoms of slips, but afterwards there were several slips to be seen, and some f them were "clayey" and wet.

The deceased, I understand, was a man of good judgment and long experience. He had apparently been deceived by the roof appearing to be in good condition. If he had kept out from under it until he got the pick, as it would have been better to do, I should not have had this accident to record.

Source:

1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 17 Where to find this report

	Brown, Richard (died: 11 Jun 1899) , aged 49, Stoneman, Some tubs had displaced a baulk on a waggon-way, and he was preparing to reset it, when a fall of stone came away and caught him, injuring him about face, legs, and internally. Died on the 11th.
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