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Surname
BLENKEY
Forename
John
Day
16
Month
10
Year
1914
Age
62
Occupation
Timberer
Mine/Quarry Name
Carlin How
Mineral Worked
Ironstone
Owner
Bell Brothers Ltd
Location
Loftus
County
Yorkshire NR
Details of Event
A split wall having holed into an old bord, the crossing had to be secured so that the next pillar could be split. The seam was 8 feet 6 inches thick, and the shale, about 4 feet thick, had fallen to a hard parting in the old bord. The side of the pillar was crushed, and some of the stone had to be dressed off. Deceased then commenced to cut a hole for a crossing balk, and while so engaged standing on the fallen shale, a large piece of shale fell away from close to the 4-foot parting on to his left leg, shattering it. He died from shock 3 days later.