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Surname
JONES
Forename
T.
Day
03
Month
02
Year
1905
Age
22
Occupation
Putter
Mine/Quarry Name
Wooley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pease & Partners Ltd
Location
Brancepeth
County
Durham
Details of Event
Fall of roof from between planks at a drawing road. Died 9th Feb. Planks 2ft. 7in. apart. Stone fell from between two slips which met at the spot. The hewer was sitting under the slip getting his bait when he heard noise coming with the tub. He got up and went into the bord and as the boy was under it the stone it fell out.