A's he walked in front of an empty waggon he was crushed between it and a full one which he had failed to observe coming down a slight gradient. Thomas Roberts, 16, Horse Driver. While a block of slate was being dragged from a heap by means of a compressed-air winch, the coupling chain broke, and a piece of it struck him on the head. While he was hooking waggons in motion his head was caught between them. Killed on the spot. Slate-getter. A piece of ice fell on to his head from a height of 20 yards. He died the same evening. William Jeremiah He somehow fell off a ledge in a part of the mine worked opencast. Died the same day. Williams, LIST of FATAL ACCIDENTS at QUARRIES under the QUARRIES ACT. Names of Persons Killed, Age, and Occupation. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. 289 Oct. 16 Wepre Hall Wepre Hall Brick Co. John Rowlands, 31, About 2 cwt. of clay fell on to him from a height of about 8 feet. Died two hours after. Flint. (Slate), Labourer. North Wales Quar- Hugh S. Williams, A piece of slate rock fell and struck him on the head. He died on the morrow. ries, Ltd. 34, Slate-getter. Carnarvon. He had fired a charge of gunpowder in a hole. He returned to it after charging operations were over, and while he was tampering with it there was a second explosion. His mate was also injured. A stone which was being hoisted by a steam crane fell out of the lashing chain and killed him. Falling from Ledges. (Lancashire.) While working on a ledge 4 feet wide he neglected to use his rope and fell to the bottom of the quarry, a distance of 65 feet. Robert Mathews, 28, Fireman. He was struck down by a full waggon running down a slight gradient. Pneumonia supervened and he died on the 14th. He was run over by a train of empty trucks while walking to his home along the railway. |