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Surname
MULLEN
Forename
James
Day
13
Month
02
Year
1911
Age
44
Occupation
Stoneman
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumley, 3rd Pit New winning
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd
Location
Great Lumley
County
Durham
Details of Event
A top canch 9 feet in thickness was being shot down in order to make an air crossing. Three shots were fired and after waiting about 10 minutes, the deceased and a chargeman returned to examine the result of the shots. They had just reached the spot and noticed that a stone at one side was set off, when it fell away from the roof and side for a length of 9 feet, and caught the deceased. It came away from a parting in the roof and a slip at the side.