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| Date: | 18th March 1904 |
| Colliery: | Eston (Ironstone) |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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Number 103 on the list occurred at Eston Mines, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Limited, on the 8th of March, and caused the death of a miner and injury to another. These men were working in the brokens and had just holed a place into the goaf; the overman went in, as soon as this was done, and gave them instructions as to where to work and what to do. They followed his instructions for a time but one of them then went to the loose side, next the goaf, and commenced, with his pick, to cut out what is termed a "leg," without testing the stone above it, and while he was doing so a slab of ironstone fell upon him and injured him so severely that he died on the 16th of March. When the stone fell the other man went to his rescue, and while helping him another fall occurred and injured the second man, but he fortunately recovered. The place was 15 feet high, and for a man to go close to the goaf and commence to cut out a piece of stone with a pick without testing that above was very reprehensible. When men are working near the goaf the first thing they should do is to sound the place all over and if any stone is found to be unsafe, as in the present case, then a "leg cutter" should be used. It is an instrument for the purpose of cutting out ironstone in these dangerous places, and is of such a length that the men can stand and use it at some distance from where the stone is unsafe. If it had been used in this case it is probable this unfortunate accident would not have occurred.
| Source: | 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506) |
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Cuthbert, James, aged 46, Miner, Cuthbert was taking some stone down with a pick near goaf edge when a piece burst off near the top of the seam and fell on him injuring his spine and cutting his head. His mate (Havard) went to his assistance when another piece of stone fell away and caught and broke his thigh. Cuthbert died on the 16th inst. | |
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