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Surname
CURRY
Forename
William Stokoe
Day
23
Month
07
Year
1902
Age
19
Occupation
Coalcutterman
Mine/Quarry Name
Newbottle, Margaret Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton Collieries Ltd
Location
Newbottle
County
Durham
Details of Event
A coal cutting machine was at work at the face of some longwall working there was a hitch on the goaf side of the machine and when cutting the wheel cut into a slip in the roof and large stone fell without any warning and killed these two men.