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Surname
RODGERS
Forename
Joseph
Day
15
Month
10
Year
1906
Age
27
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Montreal
Mineral Worked
Iron Ore
Owner
John Stirling
Location
Cleator Moor
County
Cumberland
Details of Event
Died October 16. The deceased wait filling a bogie with ore in a robbery working, 7 feet high by 9 feet wide with a fairly strong limestone roof, when a piece of ore, weighing about 7 cwts fell from the side and struck him. Systematic timbering is the rule in this type of working and there was one prop about three feet from the face and a headtree 3 feet further back. There was a good supply of loose timber. The overman had visited the place before the accident occurred and thought everything was in good order. Three shots were subsequently fired and all the loose ground dressed down. The side from which the piece fell about an hour later was also examined and it sounded all right. The fall disclosed a slippery parting not previously visible.