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Surname
MURRAY
Forename
John William
Day
15
Month
09
Year
1903
Age
31
Occupation
Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Dunston
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dunston Garesfield Collieries Ltd
Location
Dunston
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was travelling along a longwall face and arrived at the roadhead of a gateway the moment a shot in the underclay of a coal seam charged with 15 ozs of saxonite was fired by battery by the shotfirer who was down the gateway 43 yards away.