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Date:	6th February 1906
Colliery:	Washington
Company:	Washington Coal Co., Ltd.
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	1
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Deceased and another hewer were working together in the fore shift in a longwall place in the Main Coal seam of the Polka district of the F pit, when a blue metal stone 13 feet by 7 feet and 1 foot thick, weighing about 3 tons, fell upon him close to the coal face at the right side of the place It was relieved farthest from the face by a 4-inch rise hitch and came away from a good parting above. In falling it canted several props and headtrees. Deceased was covered up and killed instantly. The deputy had inspected the place before the hewers started work, when it appeared safe, and he had been occupied in the place for about ¼ hour, about 8 a.m., or an hour before the accident, when he set two props some distance from the face. There was plenty of loose props close at hand. Probably the props under the stone would have supported it if they had not been canted. The Local Inspectors reported, "In our opinion any experienced miner could have been misled We cannot find any fault or blame attached to any person ": but after the inquest, the workmen wrote to the manager, saying that in their opinion if chocks had been used the accident would not have happened.

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 30, Accident Number: 7 Where to find this report

	Marley, Peter, aged 35, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
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