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Surname
CLAPPERTON
Forename
Thomas Benson
Day
06
Month
06
Year
1913
Age
22
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Hazlerigg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Burradon & Coxlodge Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hazlerigg
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased lighted a squib by means of "touch" paper to blow down with a charge of gunpowder some coal in a longwall face. He failed to get away in time, being found partly buried under the coal, some 4 feet from the shot hole.