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Surname
HEWITSON
Forename
Edward
Day
11
Month
05
Year
1914
Age
30
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
North Walbottle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
North Walbottle Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Walbottle
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased had fired a shot in the coal and had loaded on the loose coal for about 1 hour. He was in the act of setting a prop where the shot had been fired when the roof fell in on him, killing him almost instantly. The stone that fell was triangular, and there were two bad slips on two sides, and a break on the third. The shot had probably loosened the stone, and the use of planks doubly ended would have been better under this broken roof. Two props were rolled out.