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Surname
IDLE
Forename
Robert
Day
05
Month
08
Year
1914
Age
52
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Chilton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd
Location
Chilton
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was kirving in the bottom in a seam 5 feet thick, when a large piece of coal burst from the face on to him. His leg was broken, and he received a punctured wound in the leg. He was doing well when pleurisy developed on the 16th August last, from which he died on the 18th August.