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Surname
GOODHALL
Forename
Edward
Day
25
Month
01
Year
1911
Age
53
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Brandon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Strakers & Love
Location
Brandon & Byshottles
County
Durham
Details of Event
While hewing in a broken working 4.4 yards wide, a stone 12 feet long, 2.5 feet thick with a maximum width of 4.5 feet, suddenly fell from between slips in the roof and killed him. When the deputy had examined the place the last timber was 3 feet from the coal and the roof sounded good and appeared to be safe. At the time of the accident the face had been advanced 3 feet, and according to the distance fixed in the timbering rule, another row of supports was just required. This accident emphasises the fact that no reliance can be placed in the sound obtained from a stone of the above thickness.