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Surname
BIRBECK
Forename
Christopher
Day
10
Month
10
Year
1913
Age
20
Occupation
Putter
Mine/Quarry Name
Holmside, Edward Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Thomas Hedley & Brothers
Location
Craghead
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased with other putters was allowed to hew at times. On the 10th October they were told by the deputy to hew in a certain place. Deceased went to hew in another place and had only got started when a triangular-shaped piece of stone fell from the roof on to him. The place was a bord 6 feet wide, which had been turned away and driven a distance of 2 feet by another putter the previous night. Top stone, 18 inches thick, was down in the headways, and this stone forming the roof in the bord was not supported in any way. The stone (triangular) was bounded by the free side to the headways, a slip, and broke at the third side. The upper surface had no adhesion, being quite slippery. A plank under the brow of the canch would have prevented the accident.