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Surname
BATTENSBY
Forename
David
Day
10
Month
01
Year
1906
Age
46
Occupation
Stoneman
Mine/Quarry Name
Seaton Delaval
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Seaton Delaval Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Seaton Delaval
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased and two other men were shooting down a top caunch, 2 feet 9 inches thick, in a longwall gateway in the 1st Southeast flat of the Low Main seam in the Hastings pit. The seam is 3 feet 9 inches thick. They had fired a shot so as to blow the stone down close to the coal face and after waiting a minute or two to allow the smoke to clear away returned to the place and after ploting the shot sounded the roof and were satisfied all was safe. Deceased went forward to get under the caunch to rid and pack the stone set down when a piece of stone, 2 feet 10 inches by 2 feet 6 inches and 7.5 inches thick weighing about 2 cwt. relieved by slips fell from the newly formed roof at the left hand corner fell on his head and back. He was released in 3 minutes but was unconscious, and died within an hour as he was being taken home. The master shifter was in the place when the shot was being stemmed. There was a sufficient supply of loose timber close at hand. The Local Inspectors reported, ‘Found it was a pure accident.'