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Surname
HART
Forename
Charles
Day
10
Month
03
Year
1905
Age
52
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
East Tanfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Joicey & Co. Ltd
Location
Tanfield
County
Durham
Details of Event
The Brockwell seam in which the accident happened is with coal and band 5.5 feet thick and the blue metal roof is very subject to pot bottoms locally known as ‘cauldron arses’ and while deceased was hewing in a longwall place one of these shaped like a truncated cone 5.5 feet diameter at the base and 2 feet 3 inches high fell upon him. Its upper surface was of glassy keenness. It extended from the coal face to the pack and broke down a prop one of three set under a plank and part of the plank. The deputy had examined the place about 1.5 hours before the accident and noticed no signs of danger. There were two other points in the place out of which pot bottoms had come away, either fallen or been taken down. There was plenty of loose timber at hand. The Local Inspectors reported, ‘it is a pure accident.'