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Surname
LAIDLER
Forename
James
Day
26
Month
10
Year
1900
Age
49
Occupation
Backoverman
Mine/Quarry Name
Newbottle, Dorothea Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton Collieries Ltd
Location
Philadelphia
County
Durham
Details of Event
A panel about seven inches thick stone had fallen on the engine plane and he and three others after casting the stones to one side were preparing to set a prop under some stone which sounded heavy when it suddenly fell and killed him. The place had been standing as it was for 20 years.