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| Date: | 30th May 1904 |
| Colliery: | Earsdon |
| Cause: | Fall of stone |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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A headways gateway in longwall workings in the Yard seam had become too low for the tub to pass at a point 6 yards from the face. Deceased and two other men were making it higher. They had taken some stone down from the outbyeside. Deceased went forward to draw a prop, using a mall with a shaft 2½ feet long; when he knocked out the prop, a stone 4 feet by 5 feet and 7 inches thick, relieved by jacks at the sides and by a parting above, fell upon him and fastened him against another stone already taken down. One of the new timbering Rules enacts "Wherever timber has to be withdrawn from the waste or other disused parts of the mine, the prop drawer shall have with him an appliance ready for use suitable for drawing timber without undue risk." In this case it was contended by the management that the place did not come within the scope of the rule. The Local Inspectors in their report appeared to have some doubt as to the wisdom of deceased acting as he did, but at the inquest they gave evidence and said they thought the occurrence was purely accidental.
| Source: | 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506) |
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Lowes, John, aged 54, Chargeman, killed by a fall of stone | |
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