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| Date: | 6th August 1908 |
| Colliery: | Dinnington Main |
| Company: | Dinnington Main Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Cause: | Fall of roof |
| Lives Lost: | 2 |
| Category: | Falls in the Mine :: Falls of Roof :: On Roads, Working or Passing |
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 | Drabble, Peter, aged 33, Corporal, They and two other men were getting a tub on to the road when, without warning, about 25 tons of rook fell from the roof killing Drabble on the spot and fatally injuring Fletcher, who died at Rotherham Hospital on August 30th. The other two men were seriously injured but ultimately recovered. The roof was strong sandstone-shale, but it contained treacherous partings. A fault ran parallel with the road, and it is probable that the strata suddenly settled from this. Three bars which were slotted into the rock at one end and had props under the other were displaced |
| | Fletcher, Norman (died: 30 Aug 1908) , Corporal, They and two other men were getting a tub on to the road when, without warning, about 25 tons of rook fell from the roof killing Drabble on the spot and fatally injuring Fletcher, who died at Rotherham Hospital on August 30th. The other two men were seriously injured but ultimately recovered. The roof was strong sandstone-shale, but it contained treacherous partings. A fault ran parallel with the road, and it is probable that the strata suddenly settled from this. Three bars which were slotted into the rock at one end and had props under the other were displaced |
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