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| Date: | 8th June 1912 |
| Colliery: | Dean Moor |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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At Dean Moor Colliery, on 8th June, a shaft had been sunk on the dip side of some old workings which were waterlogged and a level stone drift was driven from the shaft towards the old water level where it was known there was about 34 ft. head of water. The seam dipped towards the shaft about 1 in 9. Boreholes were not kept in advance of the face of the drift in accordance with General Rule 13 Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887, and in consequence the drift holed into the old level and there was an inrush of water which drowned one of the two men working at the face.
By your instructions legal proceedings were taken against the manager for breach of General Rule 13 C.M. Act, 1887, and he was convicted but was let off on payment of costs.
| Source: | 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983) |
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Hutchinson, Peter, aged 30, Miner, whilst working in a stone drift that had just reached the coal seam, an influx of water from old workings came away | |
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