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| Date: | 7th April 1909 |
| Colliery: | Newlandside, Limestone quarry |
| Cause: | Fall of ground |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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There were two accidents under this heading [Fall of Ground] during the year. Both of them occurred at the Newlandside Quarry, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., Ltd. The first happened on April 7th and resulted in the death of a quarryman. He and his mate were working on a panel some 50 feet above the one next beneath. They were trying to lever up some stone. He had cut a hole with his pick and had then placed the tool down. His mate turned round to get the pinch bar, when hearing a noise he turned his head and saw the man fail over the edge of the ledge. A piece of rock had come off at an oblique slip, and striking him had knocked him over.
| Source: | 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177) |
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Craig, William, aged 38, Quarryman, Knocked over the edge of the panel on which he was working by a stone falling from a slip | |
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