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| Date: | 5th November 1908 |
| Colliery: | Glynea |
| Company: | Glynea and Castle Coal and Brick Co., Ltd. |
| Cause: | Fall of roof |
| Lives Lost: | 3 |
| Category: | Falls in the Mine :: Falls of Roof |
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 | John, Thomas, aged 32, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; the three were killed by a fall of top coal 21 ft. long, 9 ft. wide, and 2 ft. 4 ins. in thickness, extending from the face back along a narrow heading having coal on either side. A "slant" ran along the right side, and another at the coal face. Five props, fixed about 4 ft. 6 ins. apart, in the centre of the roadway supported the top coal. In a roadway 9 ft. wide props fixed in the centre would have a tendency to assist the breaking of the coal at the ribs. "Flats" should have been set in the place of props. There was no evidence to show what the men were doing when the accident occurred. Fiery Vein. Naked lights |
| | Protheroe, Gwilym J., aged 14, Haulier, Fall of roof. At face ; the three were killed by a fall of top coal 21 ft. long, 9 ft. wide, and 2 ft. 4 ins. in thickness, extending from the face back along a narrow heading having coal on either side. A "slant" ran along the right side, and another at the coal face. Five props, fixed about 4 ft. 6 ins. apart, in the centre of the roadway supported the top coal. In a roadway 9 ft. wide props fixed in the centre would have a tendency to assist the breaking of the coal at the ribs. "Flats" should have been set in the place of props. There was no evidence to show what the men were doing when the accident occurred. Fiery Vein. Naked lights |
| | Williams, John, aged 36, Collier, Fall of roof. At face ; the three were killed by a fall of top coal 21 ft. long, 9 ft. wide, and 2 ft. 4 ins. in thickness, extending from the face back along a narrow heading having coal on either side. A "slant" ran along the right side, and another at the coal face. Five props, fixed about 4 ft. 6 ins. apart, in the centre of the roadway supported the top coal. In a roadway 9 ft. wide props fixed in the centre would have a tendency to assist the breaking of the coal at the ribs. "Flats" should have been set in the place of props. There was no evidence to show what the men were doing when the accident occurred. Fiery Vein. Naked lights |
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