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Surname
BRADLEY
Forename
Charles
Day
27
Month
11
Year
1907
Age
43
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Dinnington
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Seaton Burn Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Dinnington
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Died December 4. He was hewing during the back shift in longwall workings in the 1st North way of the Beaumont seam which at the point was 5 feet 5 inches thick including a band, 1 foot thick, 1 foot from the bottom of the seam. During the back shift of the previous day the place had been kyrved in the bottom coal and band nearly opposite the end for a length of 12 feet and a depth of 3 feet and a shot of monobel powder had been fired which failed to bring the jud down. The deputy who had fired the shot visited the place next day at 10.45pm. and suggested another shot but deceased said he thought he could get the coal down without it. The deputy returned at 12.25pm. and found the coal still up and in the presence of deceased tried to get it down with a pick and then on the deputy’s suggestion a pinch when the coal fell and knocked out a prop and immediately a mass of blue metal roof about 15ft long and 4ft wide and a foot thick fell away and caught him. The stone was released by a slip and breaker and it fell away close to the face and rather over the coal. He sustained a broken leg and arm and ribs. He was taken to Newcastle Infirmary the day of the accident. Pneumonia developed from which he died.