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John Shepherd
John Shepherd
| Age: | 40 |
| Died: | 19th Feb 1932 |
| Accident: | 19th Feb 1932 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1892 |
| Colliery: | Handen Hold |
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| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | killed by a fall of stone, residence: 9 Beech Grove Terrace, Black House |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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A triple fatality occurred in a broken working at a Durham colliery, by which two hewers and a putter lost their lives. The deceased hewers were working at the face of a "double loose-end lift," 18 feet wide and within a few feet of holing, in a seam 4 ft. 3 ins, thick with a hard post roof. The putter had just arrived at the face to push out a full tub when, without warning, weighting occurred and the roof collapsed to a considerable height over an area of approximately 12 square yards, instantly killing the three men. The deputy stated that the roof was systematically supported across the full width of the lift, and for its entire length by three rows of pairs of gears. The gears in each row were less than three feet apart and some were middle propped. Following the accident, the use of hard wood chocks to supplement pairs of gears was made compulsory in all double loose-end lifts.
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- 1932 Mines Inspectors Report
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