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Surname
HODGSON
Forename
John
Day
14
Month
07
Year
1906
Age
28
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
St Helens
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Saint Helens Colliery & Brickworks Co. Ltd
Location
Seaton
County
Cumberland
Details of Event
Deceased and his father were working together in a longwall place in the Ten Quarters band of No.11 Pit. Only the upper 2 feet 6 inches of the seam and 6 inches of ‘chittar’ lying below is worked along the face the inferior bottom coal, 2 feet thick is only taken up in the roads, together with part of the roof taken down makes height. They were both kyrving to the left of the road head when a blue metal stone, 11 feet long, parallel to the face, 11 feet wide and up to 1 foot 4 inches thick suddenly fell, canting out three props and breaking down some of the coal, killing deceased instantly and seriously injuring his father. The upper surface of the stone was of glassy smoothness and had no hold of the strata above The deputy had examined the place before the entry of the miners and had visited them when at work about 7am or 24 hours before the accident. The place appeared safe on both occasions, and he left them plenty of loose timber.