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Surname
DOWNEY
Forename
James
Day
06
Month
08
Year
1910
Age
51
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Blackhill (b)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Consett Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Consett
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was working in a bord 6 yards wide, the coal being feet 4 inches thick. Top stone was taken down to make tub height along the right side, the stone being stowed in the rest of the bord. When visited two and half hours before the accident the place was well timbered up and there were no loose props lying about the left side of the place. When found he was quite dead, with a stone 8 ins. thick by 8 feet by 4.5 feet lying upon him. Lying close to him were three loose props and his well, from which it was apparent that he had knocked out the props in order to use his shovel more easily when stowing the stones.