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Surname
BRACK
Forename
John
Day
23
Month
09
Year
1911
Age
58
Occupation
Deputy
Mine/Quarry Name
Skelton Park
Mineral Worked
Ironstone
Owner
Bell Brothers Ltd
Location
Skelton
County
Yorkshire NR
Details of Event
He was engaged with three other deputies in timbering across an old bord, which had fallen many years ago, in order to make a road to work a pillar of stone. He was cutting a hole in the side for one end of a bearing balk, when some dogger and shale fell from above him and injured him about the head and body. All the men apparently satisfied themselves that the place was safe, but do not seem to have allowed for the possibility of a break existing, although such breaks are known to exist under similar conditions. If some long sprags had been set, the probabilities are that the accident would not have happened. The unfortunate man lived until October 5th, 1911.