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Surname
NICHOLSON
Forename
Joseph
Day
02
Month
09
Year
1908
Age
37
Occupation
Stoneman
Mine/Quarry Name
Leasingthorne
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Coundon
County
Durham
Details of Event
He and three others were clearing away the debris from a shot. He had noticed a piece of bad stone at the right hand side of the place and was preparing to put a prop under it when it suddenly fell on him. There were two slips one of which was invisible prior to the stone falling.