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Surname
FRIZZLE
Forename
Matthew Jnr
Day
16
Month
10
Year
1906
Age
28
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Hylton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Castletown
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was hewing during the night shift in a pillar of coal being taken out longwall in the Maudlin seam 5.5 feet thick in the 1st in the 1st South Flat of the Strathmore District. The putter left him about 1.50pm., and on returning, at 10.10 found his lamp burning but he was under a fall assistance was obtained and he was liberated in a few minutes but he was dead. The stone was of grey metal and was triangular in shape, the base, about 2.5 feet long, was next the coal and the apex about 3 feet from it the upper surface of the stone was a curved back lying into the place and running both through the seam and roof, and which was visible in the coal and as deceased’s pick was found sticking in the coal where it was visible he must have seen it. There was timber set on the sides of the stone extending into the place and there was a sufficient supply of loose timber lying near. The deputy visited him at 7pm., when he set a pair of gears and left the place apparently safe. The Local Inspectors reported ‘We are of opinion it is a pure accident.’