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Surname
DAVIES
Forename
John
Day
20
Month
04
Year
1905
Age
57
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Marley Hill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Bowes & Ptrs Ltd
Location
Marley Hill
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was hewing alone next the fast side in a lift in broken workings in the Brockwell seam. Above the coal is 16 inches of ramble which the hewers take down across the tramway laid up the fast side, to make height. About 8 feet of ramble next the face was not taken down, and deceased was caught by a piece of it about 4 feet long and 2 feet wide. A small hitch ran along the place close to the fast side and bounded the stone at one end and next the face was an ordinary slip. The deputy had visited the deceased two hours before the accident and set a prop and plank within 3 feet of the face and the end of under the stone that fell. Inspectors reported that the occurrence, in their opinion was ‘a pure accident.’