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Surname
GALLON
Forename
John
Day
30
Month
06
Year
1908
Age
41
Occupation
Engine-plane man
Mine/Quarry Name
North Biddick
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton Collieries Ltd
Location
Fatfield
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was sitting near a cabin in the Low Main Scam eating his bait, when a huge fall of shale swung out four baulks and buried him up. None of the timber was broken, and there was no warning that the roof was about to come in.