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| Date: | 30th November 1908 |
| Colliery: | Stanley |
| Company: | Stanley Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Cause: | Fall of roof |
| Lives Lost: | 4 |
| Category: | Falls in the Mine :: Falls of Roof :: On Roads, Working or Passing |
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 | Ackroyd, Frederick, aged 57, Byeworkman, A large fall had occurred during the week end on a haulage road, and these, with about 16 other men, were engaged in clearing it away, when a second fall occurred and killed these four men. The first fall was 82 ft. long by 9 ft. 6 ins. wide by 19 ins. thick ; the second was 19 ft. long by 6 ft. wide by 12 ins. thick. No precautions were taken to protect the men working at the first beyond sounding the roof above them from time to time |
| | Marshall, Frederick, aged 55, Manager, A large fall had occurred during the week end on a haulage road, and these, with about 16 other men, were engaged in clearing it away, when a second fall occurred and killed these four men. The first fall was 82 ft. long by 9 ft. 6 ins. wide by 19 ins. thick ; the second was 19 ft. long by 6 ft. wide by 12 ins. thick. No precautions were taken to protect the men working at the first beyond sounding the roof above them from time to time |
| | Scott, Albert, aged 55, Byeworkman, A large fall had occurred during the week end on a haulage road, and these, with about 16 other men, were engaged in clearing it away, when a second fall occurred and killed these four men. The first fall was 82 ft. long by 9 ft. 6 ins. wide by 19 ins. thick ; the second was 19 ft. long by 6 ft. wide by 12 ins. thick. No precautions were taken to protect the men working at the first beyond sounding the roof above them from time to time |
| | Thornton, George, aged 22, Datal-hurrier, A large fall had occurred during the week end on a haulage road, and these, with about 16 other men, were engaged in clearing it away, when a second fall occurred and killed these four men. The first fall was 82 ft. long by 9 ft. 6 ins. wide by 19 ins. thick ; the second was 19 ft. long by 6 ft. wide by 12 ins. thick. No precautions were taken to protect the men working at the first beyond sounding the roof above them from time to time |
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