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Surname
ATKINSON
Forename
James
Day
17
Month
06
Year
1903
Age
40
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitehaven
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Whitehaven Colliery Co.
Location
Whitehaven
County
Cumberland
Details of Event
Deceased worked in a solid place 6yd. wide going to the rise in the Main Band, which is hers 7ft thick. The roof in the district is generally good but in this place the presence of several glassy slips and small hitches had caused some timber to be used which was set by special men known as joiners. Notwithstanding the timber set a large stone fell between the last pair of gears at the face. There was not sufficient timber near the place although there was plenty at the bank head some distance away. It would have been prudent considering the character of the roof to have had supports nearer the face.