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Date:	2nd July 1906
Colliery:	West Pelton
Company:	James Joicey and Co., Ltd.
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	1
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Deceased and another stoneman were shooting up a bottom canch, 3 feet 3 inches thick, in a waggonway place with coal sides in the Drift district of the Maudlin seam, 3 feet 4 inches thick, of the Alma pit when a gravelly post stone, full of plant impressions, of elliptical shape, having diameters 13 feet and 6½ feet and varying in thickness up to 8 inches, relieved by coal pipes and a slippery parting, fell upon him while he was filling stones into a tub from a shot of carbonite fired 40 minutes before. His mate, also filling the tub, escaped and at once raised the alarm, but; deceased had been instantly killed. They had taken out a prop and headtree just beyond the canch before firing. No timber was under the stone, but permanent timber would have been set when they had cleared away the stones, and there was a supply of this close at hand. The back shift deputy had passed the place, which was part of the road along which the coal was led during the day, about 4.30 p.m. or about two hours before they started work, and the master shifter visited them at 8 p.m. or two hours before the accident, and had jowled the roof and thought it safe, but as the character of the stone was altering, warned them to be careful. The Local Inspectors reported "found everything to our satisfaction as regards our examination."

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 32, Accident Number: 40 Where to find this report

	Best, Matthew, aged 28, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone
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