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| Date: | 31st July 1906 |
| Colliery: | Gascow (Limestone) |
| Company: | A. H. Strongitharm |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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The baring is about 5 feet thick, and had been removed for a distance of 30 feet back from the quarry face. On the day of the accident a charge of 10 lbs. of powder had been put into a crack at the top of the quarry and fired. The effect of this was to further loosen a big stone, and deceased and two other men were directed by the foreman to bar down this lump during the dinner hour. They tried with a lever 12 feet long and an ordinary crow-bar, but, failing to move it, deceased and one of the other men stepped on the stone (which was only 18 inches below the top of the quarry) to remove some small loose pieces of stone with the object of obtaining a leverage at another point. They had just got on to the stone when it suddenly gave way and deceased was precipitated with it to the bottom of the quarry, a distance of 60 ft. The other man was able to scramble back on to the solid ground.
| Source: | 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Page: 56, Accident Number: 8 Where to find this report |
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 | Nicholson, Thomas, aged 41, Quarryman |
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