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Surname
MOODY
Forename
Roger
Day
20
Month
08
Year
1900
Age
40
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Burradon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Burradon & Coxlodge Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Burradon
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. When hewing at a longwall face a sudden fall of roof took place breaking off at a row of props and canting out three others. The deputy had visited the place about one and a half hours before and after setting some timber left it apparently safe.