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Surname
EMMERSON
Forename
Thomas
Day
14
Month
09
Year
1909
Age
39
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Ushaw Moor
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pease & Partners Ltd
Location
Brandon & Byshottles
County
Durham
Details of Event
The stone which fell and killed this man had slips on two sides and was false bedded. It had broken off by its own weight. The slips could not have been seen prior to the stone falling. The place had not been worked regularly, if it had been the stone would have been in the goaf and the accident would not have happened.