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| Date: | 29th June 1905 |
| Colliery: | Westerton |
| Company: | Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd. |
| Cause: | Fall of stone |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
| Category: | Falls of Ground :: Falls of Roof :: At Working Face, while Hewing or Working |
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No. 246 on the list occurred at Westerton Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., Limited, and caused the death of a hewer. The place was timbered to within 3½ feet of the face, and the roof was said to have sounded hard and true. It is a roof comparatively free from slips, but in this case one occurring caused the stone to fall.
| Source: | 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910) Where to find this report |
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 | Toase, Richard (died: 16 Jul 1905) , aged 33, Hewer, he was caught by a fall of stone which came away from between two slips and so injured that he died 17 days afterwards, Buried: St. James' Churchyard, Coundon |
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