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Date:	20th June 1906
Colliery:	Heworth
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1

Deceased was drilling a machine hole in the roof stone of a new gateway in longwall workings, in the 4th South district of the Five Quarter seam, when a stone, 2 feet by 1 foot 8 inches and 7 inches thick, relieved by a joint and a break, fell from the left corner of the brow and caught his knee and ankle. The place had been examined by a chargeman before work started, when it appeared safe, and afterwards a fellow workman had examined it, jowled the stone that fell, and after trying to get it down with a pick, left it, as he considered, safe. Deceased was attended by a doctor the same day, who found bruises on the left ankle and foot and abrasions of the left leg. On the third day an abscess formed, followed by others, and the injuries took an unhealthy course, and death was due to exhaustion and heart failure. The Local Inspectors made no report.

Source:

1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449)

	Bray, Richard, aged 48, Stoneman
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