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Date:	30th March 1905
Colliery:	Backworth
Company:	Owners of Backworth Collieries
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
Category:	Falls in Mine :: Falls of Roof

Deceased worked in a narrow bord 9 feet wide in the Bensham seam, he had prepared two shots in the coal and the shot firer had fired one and returned to the face, to couple the cable to the second shot, followed by deceased, when a stone 11½ feet long by 4½ feet wide and with an average thickness of 9 inches fell from the roof close to the face and caught deceased, the shot firer narrowly escaping. The stone was relieved by a slip the presence of which was known before the accident but as timber was set under the stone it was thought safe, and the shot firer stated he had examined the roof immediately before the accident. The timber under the stone was broken and displaced. The Local Inspectors reported that they "found it in our opinion a pure accident."

Source:

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

	Fenwick, Cuthbert (died: 06 Apr 1905) , aged 27, Hewer
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