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Date:	30th July 1906
Colliery:	Bedlington
Company:	Bedlington Coal Co., Ltd.
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	1
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Deceased, with another hewer, was working in the fore shift in a lift 13 feet wide in broken workings in the West flat. South district of the Doctor pit Low Main seam, 5½ feet thick. They commenced about 4.30 am, to kyrve across the place, and about 6 a.m., when the jud was nearly made, part of it, 7 feet long and 2 feet 2½ inches wide, fell over, riding over a stay set 2 feet from the loose side ; deceased was caught by it : he was released in 2 or 3 minutes, but never spoke. and died as he was being taken outbye. The coal fell away from a crack, probably caused by a previous shot, and from an ordinary headways cleat. The deputy examined the place before work commenced, and afterwards just as they were starting work, but little kyrving had then been done. There was an ample supply of timber for sprags or stays, and they showed both want of judgment and disregard for the Special Rule as to spragging, in not having a support set in the 11 feet between the sprag near the loose side and the fast side. The Local Inspectors reported, "In our opinion there is no blame attached to anyone, and an unforeseen accident."

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 27, Accident Number: 33 Where to find this report

	Morris, Robert, aged 23, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
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