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Surname
FOSTER
Forename
Jonathan
Day
08
Month
04
Year
1913
Age
23
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Newfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Willington
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was shovelling the coal off the top of the canch the seam was 21 inches thick, when a large stone fell from a coal piping in the roof and killed him. The place was apparently well secured by timber. A prop was canted out.