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Date:	3rd September 1907
Colliery:	Gillfoot Park (Iron Ore)
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1

Deceased was a shiftman, or general repairer. On the day of the accident he intended to complete the erection of a brake for a short inclined plane. Before commencing this work he went into an empty working place about 40 yards beyond the brake, and he was found there a few minutes later under a fall of ore. He was conscious when extricated, and said that he had gone into the working to look for a board. No men were at work in the place at the time; the previous shift had left four hours earlier and had fired five holes on leaving. It was the ground shattered by these shots which fell, apparently at the very moment that deceased entered the working. When shots are fired on leaving, the usual custom is to place an obstruction at the entrance of the working, but according to the evidence nothing of the kind had been done on this occasion.

Source:

1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045)

	Bell, Thomas, aged 54, Shiftman
	All names found

 

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