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| Date: | 27th June 1905 |
| Colliery: | Banks, Elterwater |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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The first of the fatal cases occurred on June 27th at the Banks Slate Mine and caused the death of a miner. On the morning of the accident the deceased man climbed up on to some blocks of rock which had previously been shot down, to examine the place, which at this point is about 30 feet high. He saw that a portion of the top rock had stirred or parted and said to his mate that he would put a shot in and blow it down. He and his mate then went to fill some of the fallen rock from behind a pillar, working till about 5.30 p.m. when they went out for tea — about 6 o'clock the deceased went in again alone, remarking that he was going to drill a hole in the large stone on which he had been standing when he made his examination in the morning. About 7.30 his brother went to call him, but getting no reply, he got another man and went in, where they found him sitting in a semi-conscious condition a few yards from the large stone referred to, and very severely injured. The drill he had been using was still in the hole, much bent by some stone which had fallen on to it and also on to the man as he was standing drilling. He never was able to; give any account of the accident and died of pneumonia, consequent upon the accident, on the 4th July. The man is said to have been an experienced miner, but what induced him to go and work under stone which he knew from his own examination in the morning to be dangerous is beyond comprehension.
I do not think in this instance the fact that he was alone had anything to do with his death, as his injuries, a broken arm and fractured skull, were very serious which was naturally to be expected with stone falling from such a great height — but I do not like to have men working alone in a mine of this sort. In the event of anything happening what would otherwise be quite a trivial accident might develop into a very serious one it there was no one at hand to render assistance.
| Source: | 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910) |
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Bowness, John, aged 53, Miner, fall of stone - arm broken - died July 4th | |
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