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Surname
FOTHERGILL
Forename
Thomas William
Day
08
Month
04
Year
1911
Age
21
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Roddymoor
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pease & Partners Ltd
Location
Crook
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was hewing in a seam only 1 foot 9 inches thick, and had turned away a narrow working 5 feet wide out of a narrow bord with the intention of widening out the bord. While so engaged he was caught by a more or less circular stone, 3 to 4 feet in diameter, with a maximum thickness of 9 inches, which fell from the roof. Probably his death was due to suffocation, the weight of the stone preventing him breathing.