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Date:	16th October 1906
Colliery:	Hylton
Company:	Wearmouth Coal Co., Ltd.
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	1
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He was hewing during the night shift in a pillar of coal being taken out longwall, in the Maudlin seam, 5½ feet thick, in the 1st South Flat of the Strathmore District. The putter left him about 9.50 p.m., and on returning, at 10.10 p.m., found his lamp burning, but he was under a fall ; assistance was obtained, and he was liberated in a few minutes, but he was dead. The stone was of grey metal and was triangular in shape, the base, about 2½ feet long, was next the coal and the apex about 3 feet from it; the upper surface of the stone was a curved back lying into the place and running both through the seam and roof, and which was visible in the coal, and as deceased's pick was found sticking in the coal where it was visible he must have seen it. There was timber set on the sides of the stone extending into the place, and there was a sufficient supply of loose timber lying near. The deputy visited him at 7 p.m., when he set a pair of gears and left the place apparently safe. The Local Inspectors reported : "We are of opinion it is a pure accident."

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 35, Accident Number: 72 Where to find this report

	Frizzle, Matthew jnr., aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 17 Oct 1906 pg 3]
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