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Surname
BANKS
Forename
Joseph
Day
25
Month
04
Year
1908
Age
34
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Thrislington
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Thrislington Coal Co. Ltd
Location
West Cornforth
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was hewing in a headways lift in the Harvey Seam, when a piece of stone, weighing about a ton fell away ii from between two converging slips in the blue shale immediately overlying the seam. The place had been well timbered but the stone fell between the supports.