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Surname
JOYNES
Forename
Herbert
Day
04
Month
04
Year
1910
Age
50
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Sacriston
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Sacriston
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was hewing in a broken lift in a seam 2 feet thick. Having worked his coal forward 3 feet beyond the last row of props, he was creeping out to get some more timber to set, when a large stone 8 feet by 1.5 feet by 1.5 feet thick fell from between slips in the roof on to him. The cause of death was suffocation, as he was unable to breathe owing to the weight of the stone on his chest. The place was well timbered.