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Date:	28th February 1906
Colliery:	Walkmill
Company:	Moresby Coal Co., Ltd.
Cause:	Fall of roof
Lives Lost:	1
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Deceased and his son, a lad of 16, were working together in robbery or broken workings in No. 3 A district of the Main band, which is 4½ feet thick, and is overlaid by 20 inches of "cash," or soft shale, mixed with coal, and full of slips. They were preparing to start the 3rd lift in a pillar of coal. The roadway skirting the pillar was timbered by pairs of gears with squared crowns set 2 feet to 2½ feet apart, and in order to obtain access to the coal a crosshead or running balk was to replace some of the props next the coal. Deceased had been instructed by the deputy, who had examined the place before work started, to middle prop the crowns before taking out the props next the coal and patting in the running balk. While so engaged, he is supposed to have caused a crown to cant, and the cash and some of the stone above it fell for a length of about 10 feet, relieved by a slip at the outbye end, displacing four of the pairs of gears in its fall. Deceased had his lighted safety lamp hung on his belt, and when he was knocked down and covered up he fell on the lamp which was not extinguished and pressed against his chest in the region of the heart. He was released in about 10 minutes, but was unconscious, and remained so until his death, which, according to medical evidence given at the inquest, was due to shock and heart failure.

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 31, Accident Number: 15 Where to find this report

	Cooper, Samuel (died: 03 Mar 1906) , aged 57, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof
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08 Mar 1906	The Moresby Colliery Accident, Fatal Result (Whitehaven News)
15 Mar 1906	Death Of Mr. Samuel Cooper, The Inquest (Whitehaven News)

 

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