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Date:	11th January 1906
Colliery:	Edmondsley
Company:	Edmondsley Coal Co.
Cause:	Explosion of shot
Lives Lost:	1
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The first fatal accident from this cause during the year occurred on January 11th, at Edmondsley Colliery, belonging to Messrs. The Edmondsley Coal Company. A stoneman charged a hole in a top canch with 8 oz. of westfalite and stemmed it with seggar (fireclay). He retired straight down the road some 25 yards and fired the shot by battery. The stemming was blown out and a nodule of stone about one inch in diameter — apparently part of the stemming — struck deceased on the side and penetrated into the large bowel. He died in hospital from septic peritonitis two days afterwards. This accident should not have occurred. There was a refuge hole into which the man could have got if he had wished. This refuge hole was only a little one, 2 ft. high, and the man would in consequence have had to crawl into it; but, rather than do that, he remained in the direct line of fire. This is a dangerous thing to do, and has been the cause of many accidents.

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 18 Where to find this report

	Smith, John R., aged 40, Stoneman, When firing a shot in a top canch by electric battery he was struck by a stone, projected by the shot, on the right loin. Septic peritonitis ensued, and he died two days afterwards, He was 27 yards away from the shot, but in the direct line of fire.
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