| Disasters - Names |
|
Disasters - Names | ||
 |
 |
|||
| Date: | 20th September 1906 |
| Colliery: | Dunston |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
 |
 |
| Description | |
|
|
A shot-firer placed his battery in an old gateway at right angles to a cross gateway in which a shot charged with about 1 lb. of saxonite had been prepared to blow up bottom stone. He arranged with deceased to connect the cable to this shot after he had fired a shot in an ordinary gateway, the battery remaining in the same position for the firing of both shots. The first shot was fired and deceased went to couple up the cable to the shot in the cross gateway, and the shotfirer waited a couple of minutes and averred he saw a light pass the old gateway and thought deceased had retired. He fired the shot, and deceased, who must have been close to it, was fatally injured. The Local Inspectors reported — " We are of opinion that he met his death accidentally."
| Source: | 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449) |
|
|
| Fatalities | |
|
|
Bainbridge, Francis, aged 23, Stoneman | |
All names found |
Return
Return to Top
