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Date:	9th January 1907
Colliery:	Wearmouth
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1

Deceased was working off a narrow strip of coal lying next a small hitch in longwall workings in the East Flat of the South-West district in the B. Pit, Maudlin seam, and while engaged at the loose end a blue metal stone, about 6 feet square and 10 inches thick, fell upon him from the roof next the coal face. The stone in its fall canted out a pair of gears set parallel to the direction in which the place was advancing besides knocking out a prop under a pair of gears set across the tub road. The deputy was in the place at the time of the accident, 7.30 am., and had in addition examined it before work was started, when he set the pair of gears that was canted out. There was a good supply of loose timber. The Local Inspectors reported "We find in our opinion that it was a pure accident,"

Source:

1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045)

	Barnes, Thomas, aged 62, Hewer, [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 10 Jan 1907 pg 6], Buried: Ryhope Cemetery
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