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Date:	29th June 1905
Colliery:	Westerton
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	1

No. 246 on the list occurred at Westerton Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., Limited, and caused the death of a hewer. The place was timbered to within 3½ feet of the face, and the roof was said to have sounded hard and true. It is a roof comparatively free from slips, but in this case one occurring caused the stone to fall.

Source:

1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910)

	Toase, Richard, aged 33, Hewer, he was caught by a fall of stone which came away from between two slips and so injured that he died 17 days afterwards, Buried: St. James' Churchyard, Coundon
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