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Date:	6th February 1914
Colliery:	Dean & Chapter
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1

Deceased was working in a 5 yards wide place in a seam with 1 foot 2 inch top coal, 1 foot 11 inch band stone, and 3 feet 2 inch bottom coal. The ramble stone was of a treacherous nature, being full of slips. The bottom coal was shot out first, no kirving being done, and then the band and top coal got down. The maximum timber distance in the seam in every direction was 4 feet. He was filling a tub, reaching with his shovel under the band stone, of which 4 feet 6 inches in length overhung the width of the place, when a large piece fell on to his head and killed him. The distance from the nearest long timber from the face was 9 feet. It was possible, but by no means certain, that two bottom section props lying under the band had been set, and had been canted out

Source:

1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023)

	Patton, Frederick, aged 26, Hewer, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill
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