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Surname
HAIGH
Forename
John William
Day
18
Month
05
Year
1911
Age
47
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Shotton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Horden Collieries Ltd
Location
Shotton
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was hewing in a broken jud when a stone 6 feet long, 4 feet 4 inches wide and 3 feet 9 inches thick fell from the roof and killed him. This stone was bounded on three sides by slips and on the fourth side by a breaker. It came off at the coal face and in falling broke two props. The maximum timbering distance was 6 feet and had been complied with. It is difficult to see how this accident could have been prevented.