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Surname
BENDILOW
Forename
James
Day
22
Month
07
Year
1904
Age
31
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
East Tanfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Joicey & Co. Ltd
Location
Tanfield
County
Durham
Details of Event
Died July 29. Deceased was sitting on his cracket kirving in the bottom coal of the Brockwell seam in a longwall place when a piece of band stone 2 feet thick fell on his left leg which was badly broken. The fall was 3.5 feet long and came away at one end from a small hitch which crossed the place and about which deceased had been cautioned by the manager the day before. The leg was amputated the same day but small-pox broke out the wound suppurated and gangrene set in. The Local Inspectors reported it was a pure accident.