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| Date: | 4th December 1913 |
| Colliery: | Montagu, Caroline Pit |
| Company: | William Benson and Son |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
| Category: | Falls in the Mine :: Falls of Roof :: At Working Face |
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Deceased and another hewer were working in a longwall heading in a seam 3 feet 6 inches thick, having a "blue" roof, which in all the other working places in the district contained a large number of "chauldron pots" deceased, had kirved in at the top of the seam for some 2 feet, when a large "chauldron pot" 5 feet 6 inches in diameter, within smooth slippery sides, 1 foot 6 inches thick in the centre, tapering off to a feathery edge all ways, fell on to his back and killed him; the working, which was about 10 yards wide, was well timbered at the place where deceased was actually working, props and planks being regularly set at about 3 feet apart; there was no timber under the stone that fell, and except for the end of a 6-foot plank which was broken off by the fall, there was no timber within 8 feet of the face; the maximum timbering distance allowed is 6 feet
| Source: | 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439) |
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 | Warren, Robert, aged 30, Hewer |
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