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Date:	5th June 1964
Colliery:	Sherburn Hill
Company:	National Coal Board
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	1
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An inquest jury return a verdict of accidental death on a miner killed in Sherburn Hill Colliery.

The miner, Frank Kell, 53, married with one daughter, of 27 Plantation Avenue, Littletown, died on June 5 when a huge stone fell on him, the jury heard in Sherburn Hill Miners Welfare Hall yesterday.

A fellow power loader, William Jones, 45, of Hillside View, Sherburn, told the inquest that after preparations Mr. Kell started to operate a cutting machine, and he followed alongside the machine setting temporary props.

"The machine stopped and as it did so I heard a heavy thud." He looked round and saw a big stone on top of Mr. Kell and the machine. He shouted for assistance. It took an hour ro free Mr. Kell. The medical attendant, Mr. E. Cook, arrived and said he thought Mr. Kell was dead.

The deputy in charge of the district, James Leonard, 60, of Park House Gardens, Sherburn, said he inspected the area a quarter of an hour before the accident. "I examined the road-head, the general conditions in fron of it, and the conditions appeared to be normal."

Source: Northern Echo, 18th June, 1964

	Kell, Frank, aged 53, Power loader, fall of stone; address: 54 Plantation Avenue, Littletown ; left a wife, daughter and son ; his brother John was killed at the same pit a year later
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18 Jun 1964

Miner died in 'safe' section, A Sherburn correspondent (Northern Echo)

 

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