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Surname
MOSSOP
Forename
John
Day
19
Month
03
Year
1903
Age
23
Occupation
Bricklayers’ Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitehaven
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Whitehaven Colliery Co.
Location
Whitehaven
County
Cumberland
Details of Event
Deceased men were labouring for bricklayers on a new haulage and air road that is being formed for working the sea coal. The masons were building side walls a few yards further inbye of the point where the accident happened and where the lime was mixed. The place was 9 feet wide inside the side walls which were carried nearly to the roof, and 10 feet high there was no timber placed to support the roof which was thought to be safe. A stone 10 feet by 8 feet and from 2 to 6 inches thick dropped from the roof upon them while they were engaged at the lime killing them both instantly. An old haulage road still in use ran parallel to the new road at a slightly higher level and within a few feet of it and vibration from the trains of tubs on it may have helped to loosen the stone. 2 killed.