Hamsteels, 1910

Flynn, Peter, 07 Oct 1910, aged 49, Hewer, He was hewing in a bord 9 yards wide, the seam being 7 feet high including a band 2 feet 9 inches thick in the middle. The band stone projected about a foot beyond the bottom coal, and under this space a pair of gears had been set close up to the coal. While he was kirving in the bottom coal the front side of the band fell on to him leaving the gears standing. An inclined sprag set higher up the band would have prevented the accident.

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