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Surname
HALL
Forename
John
Day
26
Month
01
Year
1904
Age
45
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Swalwell Garesfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dunston Garesfield Collieries Ltd
Location
Swalwell
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased and another hewer were working double in a bord 6 yards wide in the Five Quarter seam when a stone 11 feet long (across the place), 3 feet 9 inches wide and 18 inches thick at extremes fell from the roof at the face upon deceased who was sitting kirving in the centre of the place the other man was in the right nook and escaped uninjured. The stone projected slightly over the coal and at its outbye edge was supported by two props which were canted out when it fell. Its upper surface was polished and glassy. The place had crossed a small hitch of 1.5 feet throw about 6 yards from the face. There was an ample supply of timber close at hand and the deputy had visited the place on the day of the accident twice before it occurred, The Local Inspectors reported ‘we are of opinion that it is a pure accident.'