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| Date: | 7th May 1900 |
| Colliery: | Delves |
| Company: | Consett Iron Co., Ltd. |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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No. 172 on the list occurred at Delves Colliery, belonging to Messrs. The Consett Iron Company, Limited, on May 7th and caused the death of a sinker.
At this colliery, the shaft was being sunk from the Busty Seam to the Brockwell Seam at night time after coal drawing was finished.
On the evening in question the deceased man and three other sinkers were being lowered, in a kibble, from the Busty Seam level to the bottom of the shaft, when a very small piece of stone fell from the shaft side and hit him on the head, causing such severe injuries that he died two days afterwards. The piece of stone was only 1 ½ lbs. in weight but it fell 17 fathoms.
The part of the shaft from which the stone fell has been sunk for more than 50 years, but it is not walled or lined throughout, and this accident goes to prove, as many others have already done, the necessity of all shafts being walled even if the strata appear to be hard and good.
| Source: | 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 16 Where to find this report |
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 | Cant, George (died: 09 May 1900) , aged 40, Sinker, While descending the shaft in a kibble, a small piece of stone fell off the side and hit him on the head, causing severe scalp wound and concussion of brain. Died on 9th. |
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