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Surname
NEWBY
Forename
John Wilson
Day
25
Month
03
Year
1904
Age
26
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Medomsley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Consett Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Medomsley
County
Durham
Details of Event
While hewing he dislodged a slip and a hitch leader running at right angles to each other at which a stone measuring 12 ft. long by 4ft by 2ft fell and knocked out all the timber and killed him.