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Surname
BATTY
Forename
John
Day
28
Month
03
Year
1913
Age
35
Occupation
Bricklayer
Mine/Quarry Name
Littleburn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
North Brancepeth Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Brandon & Byshottles
County
Durham
Details of Event
A send-circular arch 14 feet 6 inches long had been turned between piers 7 feet high. It consisted of four rings of bricks on edge. The centres were put in on 25th March and the work carried on the 25th and 26th. The centres were struck at 2.30 p.m. on the 28th. Some 10 minutes later, when the two deceased men were under the arch getting out the timbers used for the centres, the arch collapsed and the men were killed. There was some haunching on one side, but not on the other, and it was at this weak side the arch gave way. The arch centres should not have been drawn until both sides were properly haunched, and it was the neglect of this which caused the accident. 2 killed.