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Surname
MATHER
Forename
Robert
Day
03
Month
04
Year
1903
Age
30
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bewick Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Charles Perkins & Partners
Location
Urpeth
County
Durham
Details of Event
Died 6th April. Deceased when hewing in the Hutton seam on March 8, which is overlaid by ramble a soft stone that often falls even where the timber is very close a piece of this stone is supposed to have fallen and out his knee. He did not report any accident on that day but next day his wife informed the deputy that her husband had got a bat on the knee by a small piece of stone. Blood poisoning supervened followed by septic pneumonia and septic meningitis which caused his death. The jury found he had died from pneumonia derived from injuries received in the pit.