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Surname
MORGAN
Forename
Philip
Day
08
Month
03
Year
1904
Age
59
Occupation
Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Ouston
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Charles Perkins & Ptrs
Location
Ouston
County
Durham
Details of Event
Died July 26, 1906. While deceased was timbering in a longwall face, in the Low Main seam, in front of a coal-cutting machine, a stone, 4 feet by 2 feet, and 8 inches thick, fell from the roof upon his back. He was taken home on a stretcher; never worked again, and received compensation up to the time of his death. He was found to be suffering from injury to the spine. One doctor, when he thought he had recovered from this, refused to give further certificates entitling him to compensation, but he appears to have obtained the necessary certificates from another doctor. A post-mortem examination showed that the spinous processes had been fractured but had reunited, but the heart was found to be diseased. An inquest was held, and the jury found that death was due to heart failure consequent on degeneration of the spinal cord, the result of injury received in the pit.