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Date:	10th March 1905
Colliery:	East Tanfield
Company:	James Joicey and Co., Ltd.
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
Category:	Falls in Mine :: Falls of Roof

The Brockwell seam in which the accident happened is with coal and band 5½ feet thick and the blue metal roof is very subject to pot bottoms locally known as "cauldron arses," and while deceased was hewing in a longwall place one of these shaped like a truncated cone 5½ feet diameter at the base and 2 feet 3 inches high fell upon him. Its upper surface was of glassy keenness. It extended from the coal face to the pack and broke down a prop, one of three set under a plank, and part of the plank. The deputy had examined the place about 1 ½ hours before the accident and noticed no signs of danger. There were two other points in the place out of which pot bottoms had come away, either fallen or been taken down. There was plenty of loose timber at hand. The Local Inspectors reported, "it is a pure accident."

Source:

1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910) Where to find this report

	Hart, Charles, aged 52, Hewer
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