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Surname
BLAND
Forename
James
Day
25
Month
10
Year
1912
Age
36
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Byers Green
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Byers Green
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was just finishing taking off a back lift in a pillar when a stone 7 feet by 3 feet by 1 foot thick fell from between the props. There were slips on two sides and a parting above. The slips would be concealed in by 4 inch ramble, which is left up. The place was timbered within the prescribed distance, but probably the use of planks instead of props and headtrees would have made the roof more secure.