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Surname
COLE
Forename
Michael Kennedy
Day
25
Month
03
Year
1914
Age
57
Occupation
Chock Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Seaham
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Londonderry Collieries Ltd
Location
Seaham
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was employed in withdrawing timber from the goaf in a seam 5 feet 6 inches thick, worked longwall. He was using a drawing mall to loosen a chock, having already loosened two others, when the roof fell in carrying out the three chocks and many props. He was buried, and was dead when got out.