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| Date: | 17th December 1895 |
| Colliery: | Brancepeth |
| Cause: | Fall of roof or side |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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Number 80 on the list occurred at Brancepeth Colliery, on the 17th December, at about 5.30 a.m., causing the death of Thomas Hickman, a coal hewer.
When the deputy, who was the competent person appointed under section 49, General Rule 4, of the Coal Mines Act, to make the inspection of the working places within two hours of the commencement of the shift, was making the examination, he found there was some dangerous stone in deceased’s place, and marked it with chalk, and told deceased when he saw him at the meeting station to take it down as soon as he got into the place. Deceased proceeded to do this, and while he was doing so it fell and caught his leg and broke it ; he was conveyed to the infirmary at Durham, where t became necessary to amputate the injured limb, and after the operation he gradually sank and died.
| Source: | 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines |
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Hickman, Thomas, aged 58, Hewer, while taking down some following stone a part fell on to his leg, breaking it; amputation was necessary, and he died from the effects the following day | |
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