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Surname
GILLON
Forename
Charles
Day
09
Month
06
Year
1904
Age
33
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Broomhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Broomhill Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Togston
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased worked in a stenton in the Main seam, which had during the fore shift been holed at the left side into crosscut and while deceased was completing the holing a slab of top coal 4.5 feet by 4 feet and about a foot thick fell upon him. The deputy had been in the place an hour before a set a pair of gears as near the face the stenton as the top coal would allow and also a pair of gears in the crossing and there was a good supply of loose timber close at hand. Deceased had fired either one or two shots in the coal below the top coal during his shift which may have shaken it. The Local Inspectors examined the place and stated at the inquest that they considered the occurrence a pure accident.