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Surname
HAYES
Forename
Christopher
Day
24
Month
05
Year
1900
Age
23
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bedlington, A Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bedlington Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bedlington
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Inquest attended. The deceased was in the act of stemming a gunpowder shot in the coal with a composition beater. He had evidently got annoyed with a slight obstruction in the hole which he had previously noticed and used more force than he should have thus causing the charge to explode.