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| Date: | 15th December 1902 |
| Colliery: | South Durham |
| Company: | South Durham Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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No. 452 on the list occurred at South Durham Colliery, belonging to Messrs. The South Durham Coal Co., Ltd., on December 15th, and caused the death of a hewer.
The deceased was getting coals in a longwall face, where the roof was a good pannel of post stone. The timbering along the face was done in compliance with the new timbering rules, and the place altogether might be regarded as a safe one.
The longwall is worked in steps, and at the goaf edge the roof was partially down, and it was a piece of this which fell and caused the accident; but why deceased was under it, it is difficult to say, unless he was looking past the side of the coal to see how far the place had to go before it holed into the face in front of it. He had no work of any kind to do at that side, for it was in the goaf.
| Source: | 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590) Where to find this report |
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 | Hird, William, aged 24, Hewer, he was looking along the loose end of a longwall lift when a piece of stone fell and crushed him about the chest, inflicting fatal injuries |
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