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Surname
HEDLEY
Forename
George Thomas
Day
22
Month
05
Year
1906
Age
28
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Backworth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Owners of Backworth Collieries
Location
Backworth
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased and his father were working were working together during the foreshift in a longwall face about 13 yards wide and fast on both sides of the Blue Bell district of the Bensham seam, 3 feet 9 inches thick, of the Algeron pit when a blue metal stone, 4 feet 4 inches by 3 feet 4 inches and varying in thickness up to 7 inches, fell in the right nook of the place close to the face and inflicted fatal injuries. The stone, did not cant any timber and was relieved by a greasy back next the right side of the place. A hitch with a foot throw had been crossed about 10 feet back from the face. A shot of carbonite had been fired in the coal near where the stone fell about 1.5 hours before the accident by the deputy, who, however, did not examine the face afterwards as he should have done. The deputy had examined the place before work started and when busy with the shot, and there was a sufficient supply of loose timber. The Local Inspectors, after describing the fall continued, ‘We also found the place well timbered and the timber well up towards the face.'