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| Date: | 5th June 1929 |
| Colliery: | Brandon Pit House |
| Cause: | Fall of Stone |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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A deputy was killed at Brandon Pit House Colliery, Durham, by a fall of roof when he had almost completed the withdrawal of timber from a broken lift in a seam 3ft. thick with a blue roof. He knocked out a prop, 4ft. beyond the breaking off timber, with an axe, and a large portion of roof lift, by 8ft. 6ins. and 1ft. 3ins. thick, fell without warning, and killed him instantly. The accident would not have occurred if he had used the Sylvester which was at hand.
| Source: | 1929 Mines Inspectors Report |
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Abson, George, aged 47, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Brandon Cemetery | |
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