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Surname
GARSIDE
Forename
John
Day
29
Month
09
Year
1914
Age
65
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Sherburn, Lady Durham Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sir B. Samuelson & Co. Ltd
Location
Sherburn
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased and his mate were turning away a split wall from an old bord room in a seam 4 feet 6 inches thick. A panel of stone, 7 inches thick, was down on the old bord, so they started under an overhanging canch. They set a plank, propped at each end under the canch, and had worked in about 8 feet, when the whole of the freshly exposed roof fell. The stone had been taken on the coal, and when this was removed it fell away, canting out the timber.