Boreland, James, aged 20, Miner, A shot had been fired which blew out a leg and let down the third head-tree from the working face. Apparently they were examining the damage done, when a fall occurred, displacing another set of wood, and burying both men. No one was working near, and the two men were entombed for a period of five hours before being discovered. Boreland was got out alive, but subsequently succumbed to shock. [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Huddlestone, Thomas, aged 29, Miner, A shot had been fired which blew out a leg and let down the third head-tree from the working face. Apparently they were examining the damage done, when a fall occurred, displacing another set of wood, and burying both men. No one was working near, and the two men were entombed for a period of five hours before being discovered. Boreland was got out alive, but subsequently succumbed to shock. [Inspection made & inquest attended]

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