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Surname
DICKINSON
Forename
David
Day
12
Month
07
Year
1900
Age
51
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Wearmouth, A Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Sunderland
County
Durham
Details of Event
Inquest attended. While engaged in hewing some stone fell off the coal head at a slip causing injuries from which he died a month later. A deputy had timbered the place up to within two feet of the face and had only left the working a few minutes when the accident occurred.