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Surname
LANCASTER
Forename
William
Day
29
Month
01
Year
1907
Age
30
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
St Helens
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Saint Helens Colliery & Brickworks Co. Ltd
Location
Seaton
County
Cumberland
Details of Event
Died, April 29. This accident occurred in the East district of the Ten Quarters hand of No.3 Pit. The seam is 2 feet 4 inches thick and is overlaid by metal or shale. Ten yards back from the face of a longwall gateway a new gateway 6 feet wide was being formed at right angles by ridding through the pack on the left side, the distance to the coal being about 5 yards. The old gateway was brushed both in the roof and pavement and the new road was to he similarly brushed. There were 16 props and heads in the new gateway and there was spare timber to set if required but it was not a question of setting more timber as deceased was knocking out that already set preparatory to brushing and immediately after he had knocked out a prop, a stone, 10 feet long by 5 feet wide and up to 9 inches thick, fell upon him, canting out two or three other props. He was doubled up and his spine fractured. He was released in 2 or 3 minutes. The fall extended from the old gateway to within 6 feet of the face. It came away from a glassy slip.