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Surname
LOWERY
Forename
Robert
Day
12
Month
12
Year
1910
Age
23
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Byers Green
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Byers Green
County
Durham
Details of Event
The jud he was working in was 5 yards wide, and at the time of the accident he was hewing at the loose end where a width of 4 feet had been advanced 3 feet in. It is probable that he had a prop and headtree set at the edge of this area, and that when a stone came away from a slip next the coal and a jack on the other side, it canted out a prop. Lowery was found under the stone by a putter. The unfortunate man’s spine was injured but he lived until November 27th, 1911.