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Surname
McGURRELL
Forename
Jonathan
Day
06
Month
11
Year
1908
Age
53
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumley, 3rd Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton Collieries Ltd
Location
Great Lumley
County
Durham
Details of Event
He fell off a scaffold 21 feet to the ground when carrying a hod of bricks. The scaffold appeared to be in good order and firm. He was a careful man and it was daylight, 9.30am, when he fell. He must have overbalanced himself.