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Surname
DAVIDSON
Forename
William Byers
Day
17
Month
08
Year
1906
Age
23
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Wallsend
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wallsend & Hebburn coal Co. Ltd
Location
Wallsend
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Died August 19. Deceased and is stepfather were hewing together during the fore shift in a wall 14 feet wide In the Bensham seam, 5 feet 6 inches thick. The left side of the place had been driven forward narrow 8 feet wide for about 4 feet leaving a trail jud which they were taking off bordways way and after the place had been examined before they entered by the deputy were kyrving when about a ton of coal fell off the side, relieved by a sooty back lying over away from them from the bottom upwards. Both were knocked down and the deceased fastened, but his stepfather was able to liberate him. The place was approaching a trouble. A shot fired the day before may have helped to loosen the coal. Deceased was sent to Newcastle Infirmary on the 19th, but he died there the same day. The Local Inspectors reported, ‘Find the same in perfect order and cannot find anything to account for the fall of coal except purely unforeseen circumstances.'