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Surname
BELL
Forename
Robert
Day
02
Month
06
Year
1903
Age
55
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bedlington
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bedlington Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bedlington
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Died July 23. This accident was not reported until July 22. Deceased was working alone in a wide bord in the Five Quarter seam when some coal fell from the face and broke his leg while he was starting a hole for a shot. The accident happened at 5.30 a.m. and he was able to crawl hack to his clothes where he was found by the deputy at 7.30 a.m. He was removed to the surface and taken home and progressed favourably until June 18 when pleurisy and pneumonia set in. The manager at first 'did not consider it a serious accident' but here I think he was wrong and that an accident causing a broken leg should have been reported at once.