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| Date: | 11th November 1907 |
| Colliery: | Ashington |
| Cause: | Fall of roof |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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Deceased was employed in longwall workings in No. 5 Dip flat of the Low Main seam of the Duke pit. The seam is 5½ feet thick end is overlaid by blue metal; it lies at an inclination of 5 or 6 inches per yard. The face advances in a straight line across the hill, and tubs are drawn up it by an electric motor. The tub road is protected by pairs of gears, and behind it near the goaf are two rows of chocks set off and on; as the face advances from the tub road planks with middle props are set at right angles to it. The deputy was only 7 yards away when the accident happened and had ten minutes before sounded the roof at the point and considered it safe; nevertheless a stone 6 feet long at right angles to the face and 2½ feet wide on the average, with a maximum thickness of 1 foot 10 inches, fell from the roof close to the coal between two planks, and killed deceased. The stone was half a horse back with a jack at one side and its upper surfaces damp and smooth. There was an ample supply of loose timber at hand. The Local Inspectors described the fall in their report and remarked "Plenty timber close at hand right length."
| Source: | 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines |
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Bloomfield, John, aged 54, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof | |
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