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Surname
HENDERSON
Forename
Walter
Day
08
Month
08
Year
1910
Age
33
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Randolph
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Evenwood & Barony
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was working in a split 10 feet wide, using 3 inches per yard, which was holed into the goal at the left side of the face, thus having a width of 6 feet at the right side, and under which he had kirved for a distance of 4 feet. He was found lying off the bottom much clear of any coals by a putter who went in to him, and he had evidently been knocked there by part of the jud which had fallen away. A jud prop had been, set under the coal, but apparently not in such a manner as to prevent the jud coming away from two slips at the back side, and it had been canted out. He died two days later.