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Surname
CUMMINS
Forename
Thomas
Day
24
Month
02
Year
1911
Age
27
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
South Moor, William Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Moor Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
South Moor
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was hewing in a narrow bord 7 feet 6 inches wide, in a seam 2 feet 2 inches thick. The maximum timber distance in the seam was 4 feet, but at the time of the accident the nearest prop to the face was 7 feet from it. A piece of stone fell away from the side of a roll running diagonally across the place, and a prop set in the middle of the place simply top keep within the timber rule would not have prevented the accident.