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Surname
DIXON
Forename
Henry
Day
26
Month
09
Year
1910
Age
29
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Mainsforth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Carlton Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Ferryhill
County
Durham
Details of Event
Being the first day of the quarter it was his first shift in the wide bord in which he was working. The total thickness of the seam was 8 feet including a stone band 2 feet 8 inches in the middle. A shot had been fired in the top coal about 2.1 hours before the accident and had failed to bring down all the coal, so after hewing as much down as he could, he set a prop under the remainder and commenced to kirve in the bottom coal. While so engaged some coal fell away at a strongly marked ‘back’ and canted out a prop set under the band, thereby causing the latter to fall on the deceased. It was riot certain if there was only one jud prop set, but there should have been two.