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Surname
CLARKSON
Forename
Robert
Day
15
Month
06
Year
1909
Age
41
Occupation
Filler
Mine/Quarry Name
Wheatley Hill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd
Location
Wheatley Hill
County
Durham
Details of Event
There being no coal cut by the coal cutting machine. He was sent into a longwall gateway to hew with another man. The overman and deputy had examined the gateway some twenty minutes prior to the man going in to hew. He was casting coal when a stone 17 feet long, 4.5, feet wide, and 22 inches thick, fell from a damp slippery parting and struck him on the head, fracturing his skull.