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Surname
DAVISON
Forename
John
Day
28
Month
03
Year
1904
Age
52
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Woodifield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Crook
County
Durham
Details of Event
At the end of his shift he was bringing two full tubs from his working place to the flat when the full tub which a hewer left standing on a turn without a sprag until he put an empty tub into the face followed away down a slight gradient and caught him causing such severe injury that he died on 29th.