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Surname
OGDEN
Forename
John
Day
19
Month
07
Year
1905
Age
68
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Stargate
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Stella Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Ryton
County
Durham
Details of Event
A bridge was being built by a contractor, paid by the Stella Coal Co., Ltd., across the Stargate Colliery railway close to the pit. The bridge is to be used in connection with a tramway to the Stargate A pit. A block of stone, 4 feet by 3 feet by 1.5 feet was being lifted by a hand crane from a truck that stood on the temporary bridge, and while suspended some stone splintered off at the dog hole, and it fell from the clips on to the battery side, and rolled down to where deceased was standing in a hole about 2 feet deep in the concrete foundation of the bridge, and fastened him, The stone was removed by the crane, and deceased, whose leg was broken, was sent to Newcastle Infirmary, but he died about an hour after admission.