Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	1st March 1905
Colliery:	Beamish, Mary Pit
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	1

The Busty seam here is separated into two portions by a fireclay band 3 feet thick, the lower leaf of the seam 2 feet 5 inches thick is worked first by the longwall method, the upper leaf providing a separate working. Deceased was hewing between the face and the left side pack wall, formed of stones from a top canch in the gateway, when a portion of band about 9 feet long and 6 feet wide fell upon him. The band is damp and full of slips and jacks and requires close timbering, and several props and headtrees were displaced by the fall. There was a distinct jack merging into a slip close to the face which deceased must have bared. It is desirable in a roof of this description to use planks in conjunction with props instead of headtrees only. The deputy had visited the place during deceased's shift. The accident happened near the end of the shift and the alarm was raised by a hewer from an adjoining place, who was going outbye calling to deceased as he passed the gateway end. The Local Inspectors reported, "we find it a pure accident."

Source:

1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910)

	Clough, William, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley
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