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Surname
FLYNN
Forename
Peter
Day
07
Month
10
Year
1910
Age
49
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Hamsteels
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Owners of Hamsteels Colliery
Location
Esh Winning
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was hewing in a herd 9 yards wide, the scam being 7 feet high including a band 2 feet 9 inches thick in the middle. The band stone projected about a foot beyond the bottom coal, and under this space a pair of gears had been set close up to the coal. While he was kirving in the bottom coal the front side of the band fell on to him leaving the gears standing. An inclined sprag set higher up the band would have prevented the accident.