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Date:	14th December 1908
Colliery:	Brickworks (Clay quarry)
Company:	Mitchell and Co.
Cause:	Fall of ground
Lives Lost:	1
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The third [Fall of Ground] occurred in a clay pit, belonging to Messrs. Mitchell & Company, at Spennymoor. A clay digger was on a bench taking out sand to a depth of about 14 inches in order to get down the baring which is about 8 feet high. He was the chargeman and had been on the top a few minutes before but did not see any crack or danger. The baring tell over without any warning and knocked him off the bench into the quarry below, a distance of about 12 feet. The fall was probably due to the wet weather and frost. In future the bench will be made wider.

Source:

1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672) Where to find this report

	Daniels, George, aged 39, Clay digger, when removing baring, it fell over and knocked him off the bench on which he was standing into the bottom of the clay pit, a distance of about 12 feet, fatally injuring him
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