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Surname
BEST
Forename
Samuel
Day
07
Month
12
Year
1909
Age
51
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Eston
Mineral Worked
Ironstone
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Guisborough
County
Yorkshire NR
Details of Event
He was busy working some stone from the bottom of the seam with a pick, when a piece of ironstone, weighing from one to two hundredweight, fell from near the top of the seam and striking his head caused him to fall backwards. There was a partially laden tub in the place and his head when he fell backwards, came in contact with the buffer of this tub. His skull was fractured and he died eight days afterwards. The seam at the place where the accident occurred is from twelve to thirteen feet thick.