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Surname
McKENNA
Forename
William
Day
23
Month
03
Year
1903
Age
67
Occupation
Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
South Derwent
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Derwent Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Annfield Plain
County
Durham
Details of Event
Died 19th February, 1904. Deceased a weakly man was injured by a fall of band stone in the Hutton seam on the 23rd March, 1903. The accident which not considered serious and was not reported to me. He only worked one day the 15th June, afterwards. An inquest was held after a post-mortem examination and medical evidence by two doctors ascribed death to chronic bronchitis and cardiac disease but neither doctor could affirm positively that the accident had accelerated death. The Jury returned a verdict in accordance with medical evidence.