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Date:	22nd May 1906
Colliery:	Backworth
Company:	Owners of Backworth Collieries
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	1
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Deceased and his father were working together during the fore shift in a longwall face 13 yards wide and fast on both sides in the Blue Bell district of the Bensham seam, 3 feet 9 inches thick, of the Algernon pit, when a blue metal stone, 4 feet 4 inches by 3 feet 4 inches end varying in thickness up to 7 inches, fell in the right nook of the place close to the face and inflicted fatal injuries The stone did not cant any timber and was relieved by a greasy back next the right side of the place. A hitch with a foot throw had been crossed about 10 feet back from the face. A shot of carbonite had been fired in the coal near where the stone fell about 1½ hours before the accident by the deputy, who, however, did not examine the face afterwards as he should have done. The deputy had examined the place before work started and when busy with the shot, and there was a sufficient supply of loose timber. The Local Inspectors, after describing the fall, continued," We also found the place well timbered and the timber well up towards the face."

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 32, Accident Number: 29 Where to find this report

	Hedley, George Thomas, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
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