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Date:	6th October 1904
Colliery:	Handen Hold
Company:	James Joicey and Co., Ltd.
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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Deceased and another hewer had almost completed their shift in a lift in broken workings in the Busty seam, when a stone 6 feet by 4 feet and 1 foot 2 inches thick fell from the roof upon him as he was standing in the fast nook of the place. The stone was a cauldron bottom and had glassy slips on three sides, and broke off next the face. The slips could not be detected before it fell. No timber, of which there was an ample supply, was set under the stone, but a prop and plank was set immediately next it. The deputy had been in the place during the shift, but then the coal had not been taken out below the stone. The Local Inspectors reported "there was plenty of timber, and in our opinion it was a pure accident."

Source:

1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Accident Number: 81 Where to find this report

	Scott, William, aged 24, Hewer
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