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Surname
NICHOLSON
Forename
Thomas
Day
01
Month
10
Year
1913
Age
56
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Elswick, South
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Elswick Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Elswick
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased and another man were hewing in a bord 5.5 yards wide. The coal is 2 feet 2 inches thick with a top canch of 1 foot 6 inches taken near the middle of the place. The face of the canch was within 2 feet 6 inches of the coal face. As deceased was scalloping the coal off, a stone 3 feet square and 10 inches thick came away from the front of the canch at two well marked slips and a feathery edge, he having just uncovered one slip parallel with the face. The slips would not he apparent before the stone fell. It is stated that one prop was canted out by the stone.