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Surname
GILMORE
Forename
John
Day
16
Month
08
Year
1911
Age
57
Occupation
Deputy
Mine/Quarry Name
Tursdale
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bell Brothers
Location
Cassop cum Quarrington
County
Durham
Details of Event
A skirting had been driven alongside an old bord room, and two headways lifts taken off a pillar. Only a stook of coal was left. The lifts had been drawn out. The strong post roof in the lifts and in the old bord room had not fallen. The deputy set to work to draw the timber in the skirting. It was a dangerous place, as on both sides of him were large areas of unsupported roof. He had only drawn one prop when the whole area fell, canting out several props. He was using a drawing mall. His back was broken, and he died a few minutes after being got out.