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| Date: | 11th December 1903 |
| Colliery: | Backworth |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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Three shots across the face of a winning place in a coal seam were bored near the roof, and charged with bobbinite and fitted with electric fuses. Two hewers worked in the place. The shot firer placed his battery within a passage at right angles and yards from the shots. One of the hewers remained with him and connected the cable with the shots in turn. The other hewer was instructed to go some distance outbye to warn persons not to approach. The first and second shots were fired safely, but while deceased was connecting the cable to the third shot, the other hewer came back and entered the place where the shot firer was, who, thinking it was deceased from the face, turned on the current and fired the third shot.
| Source: | 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119) |
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Bridges, William, aged 23, Hewer, explosion of shot | |
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