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| Date: | 20th November 1891 |
| Colliery: | Haswell |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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No. 54 on the list occurred at Haswell Colliery, belonging to the Haswell, Shotton, and Easington Coal and Coke Company, Limited, on the 20th of November, about 12.10 a.m., causing the death of Joseph Bates, a coal hewer. This accident was caused by a fall of roof, which is composed of a stone known locally as post, but it is of a pebbly nature and gives no warning before falling. In this case the place appeared to be well timbered, and the roof quite sound. There were two men in it, and the one that escaped said, in his evidence at the inquest, "The fall came right over the chock. We had plenty of timber, but did not set any, thinking it was unnecessary to do so. I though I was never in a safer or more pleasant place in my life than this appeared to be before the stone fell. Nothing, in my opinion, could have prevented the accident, as the stone gave not the least warning."
This all goes to show how very careful everyone should be when there is a roof like this.
| Source: | 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625) |
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Bates, Joseph, aged 40, Hewer, fall of stone in a broken jud, a shot had been previously fired which might affect the roof; it is a treacherous one. | |
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