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| Date: | 27th November 1907 |
| Colliery: | Dinnington |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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He was hewing during the back shift in longwall workings in the 1st North way of the Beaumont seam which at the point was 5 feet 5 inches thick including a band, 1 foot 6 inches thick, 1 foot from the bottom of the seam. During the back shift of the previous day the place had been kyrved in the bottom coal and band nearly opposite the road for a length of 12 feet and a depth of 3 feet and a shot of monobel powder had been fired which failed to bring the jud down. The deputy who had fired the shot visited the place next day at 10.45 a.m. and suggested another shot but deceased said he thought he could get the coal down without it. The deputy returned at 12.35 p.m. and found the coal still up and in his presence deceased tried to get it down with a pick and then on the deputy's suggestion used a pinch when the coal fell and knocked out a prop and immediately a mass of the blue metal roof, about 15 feet long 4 feet wide and a foot thick, fell away and caught him. The stone was released by a slip and breaker and it fell away close to the face and rather over the coal. He sustained a broken leg and arm and ribs. He was taken to Newcastle Infirmary the day of the accident. Pneumonia developed from which he died.
| Source: | 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines |
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Bradley, Charles, aged 43, Hewer | |
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