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| Date: | 15th October 1906 |
| Colliery: | Montreal (Iron Ore) |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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The deceased was filling a bogie with ore in a robbery working, 7 feet high by 9 feet wide with a fairly strong limestone roof, when a piece of ore, weighing about 7 cwts., fell from the side and struck him. Systematic timbering is the rule in this type of working, and there was one prop about three feet from the face and a headtree 3 feet further back. There was a good supply of loose timber. The overman had visited the place before the accident occurred and thought everything was in good order. Three shots were subsequently fired and all the loose ground dressed down. The side from which the piece fell about an hour later was also examined and it sounded all right. The fall disclosed a slippery parting not previously visible.
| Source: | 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449) |
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Rodgers, John, aged 27, Labourer | |
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