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Surname
BELL
Forename
Michael
Day
21
Month
04
Year
1905
Age
17
Occupation
Pony putter
Mine/Quarry Name
South Moor, Morrison Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Moor Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
South Moor
County
Durham
Details of Event
Fall of coal. Skull fractured and neck broken; also left leg fractured. He was filling some lying coal in a place where a headways lift had been taken out in main coal, the timber drawn and the overlying Five Quarter Seam pierced or broken up. He had reached in under the lip to lift some coals when a quantity of Five Quarter coal burst in upon him without warning.