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Surname
DEER
Forename
William
Day
02
Month
01
Year
1904
Age
26
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Burradon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Burradon & Coxlodge Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Burradon
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased and another hewer were working together in a longwall face in the Low Main seam, 3 feet 10 ins thick and at 3.30 pm. or nearly at the end of their shift while deceased was filling a tub a mass of coal 13 feet long and 2 feet thick at the top tapering out at the bottom fell off the face opposite the road head and struck him rendering him unconscious and he died the same evening. The coal overhung slightly but was not stayed. The parting at the top is slippery there was a slight appearance of at the point from which the coal fell. The deputy had visited the place at 1 p.m. and there was a good supply of timber. The Local Inspectors reported that in their opinion it was accident.