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Surname
HOLLAND
Forename
Thomas
Day
09
Month
09
Year
1911
Age
26
Occupation
Stoneman
Mine/Quarry Name
Newbottle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd
Location
Philadelphia
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was engaged along with two other men in making height on a horse level about 75 yards from the face by taking up a bottom canch of 15 inches of coal. While stooping down a slab of stone fell from the roof and struck him on the head. The stone was about 4 feet 6 inches long, 2 feet 6 inches broad, and at the thickest part 6 inches, having a very sharp edge on one side. The sharp edge struck him, otherwise the accident would probably not have been fatal.