Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	22nd November 1907
Colliery:	Allhallows
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1

Deceased and another packer, who was rather seriously injured, were building a pack wall parallel to the coal face in longwall workings in No. 3 dip in the Yard band, a seam 5 feet thick and inclined at 8 inches per yard. They had retired from the end of the pack, along the level road 4½ feet wide left between it and the coal, for a distance of 24 yards where they got their bait, and were returning to work by the same route when a stone, 6 yards long, 4½ feet wide and 2 feet thick, fell away between the coal and the pack, killing deceased and fastening his mate. The stone was relieved by a slip extending over the coal and in its fall canted out several props. There was a supply of loose timber close at hand, but the place had been considered safe when examined by the deputy before work started, and by the overman and the contractor within half an hour of the accident.

Source:

1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045)

	Holliday, Walter, aged 51, Packer
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