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| Date: | 2nd September 1907 |
| Colliery: | Herrington |
| Company: | Lambton Collieries Ltd. |
| Cause: | Fall of stone |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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One satisfactory item to record is that there was only one death from falls whilst the year.
This case occurred at Herrington Colliery, belonging to Messrs. the Lambton Collieries, Ltd., on 2nd September. Timber was being drawn from a bordways place in the Main Coal Seam. One end of the prop drawing appliance was around a prop to be drawn out, and the other end of the chain was around another prop. The man killed was close to the latter prop. He had not exerted any force in connection with the drawing out of the timber, when a stone suddenly fell away from a slip running up the place and killed him. His marrow, who was unhurt, was nearer the prop to be drawn out. No doubt the drawing out of other timber on the inbye side, and the consequent falling of the roof, had something to do with the falling of the stone which killed this man.
The accident shows how necessary it is for men engaged in drawing timber to set temporary timber to keep themselves safe.
| Source: | 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 16 Where to find this report |
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 | Dakers, Francis William, aged 21, Timber drawer, when drawing timber form an old bord, he was killed by a piece of stone which fell off at a slip [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 04 Sep 1907], Buried: St. Cuthberts Churchyard, West Herrington |
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