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Date:	8th July 1907
Colliery:	Seaton Delaval
Company:	Seaton Delaval Coal Co., Ltd.
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	1
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Deceased and another stoneman were shooting down top stone at the face of longwall gateways in the North flat of the 2nd South East Narrow Bords district of the Low Main seam of the Hastings pit. The seam is 5 feet thick and is overlaid by 6 inches of ramble, 1 foot 5 inches of black stone and 1 foot of blue metal. They had fired a shot in a gateway, left it to do other work, and then returned to plote the shot, and while deceased was using a pinch to bring down loose stones a piece of blue metal, 8½ feet long, 2 feet broad and 1 foot deep, fell from the upper part of the brow and killed him, it was relieved by a back. He was got clear in ¼-hour but was then dead. Before commencing to plote the shot they had examined the place and thought it safe and the chargeman was present about 20 minutes before the accident. There was loose timber near at hand, but it is not usual to put in timber until the loose stone is all taken down, but owing to the frequency of this class of accident the manager has given instructions that temporary timber must be set on the top of the stones shot down while ploting a shot and until permanent timber can be put in. The Local Inspectors reported "Found it was a pure accident without any negligence on the part of anyone."

Source:

1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 35, Accident Number: 50 Where to find this report

	Humphreys, Isaac, aged 37, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone
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