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Surname
ALLAN or ALLEN
Forename
John Thomas
Day
29
Month
07
Year
1903
Age
21
Occupation
Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Cowpen
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cowpen Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Blyth
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased and another shifter took refuge under a top caunch in the Low Main seam while a shot was being fired. When returning to their work a large stone fell from the caunch pinning deceased to the ground and knocking the other shifter down. There had been a shot fired at the point almost three hours before the accident. The fall swung out a prop. The place had been properly inspected.