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Surname
HEALEY
Forename
Martin
Day
06
Month
01
Year
1910
Age
52
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Browney
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bell Brothers Ltd
Location
Brandon & Byshottles
County
Durham
Details of Event
The section of the seam in which this accident occurred was as follows - Top coal 2 feet, band 2 feet and bottom coal 2 feet, The man was working in a headways 8 feet wide. The bottom coal had been removed for the full width and he was engaged in wedging down the band stone. This had been taken down for part of the width and he was working at the remaining portion when a large piece of top coal, like a caldron bottom, fell from a clayey parting on to him.