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Surname
EMMERSON
Forename
John
Day
26
Month
05
Year
1910
Age
43
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bowden Close
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pease & Partners Ltd
Location
Helmington Row
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was one of a set of men driving a winning place in the seam and following on with a top stone canch. Whilst sitting under the brow of the canch hewing, a stone 5 feet by 4 feet by 3 feet thick came off at two slips and killed him. There was one prop under the stone but it was canted out. The slips should have been seen and guarded against.