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Surname
MANSON
Forename
Thomas
Day
24
Month
06
Year
1910
Age
63
Occupation
Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Ryhope
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ryhope Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Sunderland
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was taking up a bottom canch a few yards back from the face of a broken working in order to make tub height. The place was well timbered and had been examined and pronounced quite safe twice during his shift. He was afterwards found by the shot firer in a sitting position with a stone on his leg. The stone had fallen from a slip & Come over the timber without canting it out. He was a weakly man and suffered from bronchitis and asthma. The shock was too much for him and he died the next day.