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Surname
DANBY
Forename
Willie
Day
20
Month
11
Year
1906
Age
25
Occupation
Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Tudhoe
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd
Location
Tudhoe
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was working under a stone which was known to be bad, and which was said to have been timbered up. The stone fell and killed him. The timber said to have been in was supposed to have been canted out by the stone falling. The master shifter had given orders for the stone to be taken down but afterwards a man named Kerr, to whom the orders were given, decided to prop the stone up, and said he did so. It is a matter of doubt whether he did so.