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Surname

EILBECK

Forename

Robert

Day

14

Month

01

Year

1905

Age

25

Occupation

Stoneman

Mine/Quarry Name

Walker

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Walker Coal Co. Ltd

Location

Newcastle upon Tyne

County

Northumberland

Details of Event

Deceased and another stoneman were taking down a waggonway caunch in a road in the Beaumont seam longwall. The road was 3.5 feet high and 12 ft wide and the canch was 3.5ft thick. On starting work at 4.30 pm deceased commenced to draw timber under the canch so as to allow a shot to be fired the hole for which had already been drilled but not charged. He knocked out one of the props under the pair of gears, about a foot from the lip of the canch, using a mell standing clear of the canch he attempted to knock out the other prop but was unable to move it; he went under the canch and struck it some blows in another direction where a stone 9 feet by 5.5 feet and a foot thick fell upon him, relieved by a parting from above and a slip which crossed the road diagonally. The stone in falling appears to have brought some timber with it. The stone had been examined and jowled by the back shift deputy at 3.2O pm. The inspectors reported in our opinion it was purely accidental and no blame can be attached to anyone.