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| Date: | 1925 |
| Colliery: | Winscales (Iron Ore) |
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| Cause: | Fall of side |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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A miner was killed at Winscale Mine, Cumberland, while dressing down loose ground after firing a shot. Nearly 5 tons of ore fell from the side and caught him as he was standing in front of it. He should have worked from the loose end where his shot had broken off the ore.
| Source: | 1925 Mines Inspectors Report |
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