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Surname
PADGETT
Forename
John Alexander
Day
01
Month
02
Year
1912
Age
41
Occupation
Stoneman
Mine/Quarry Name
Lady Durham
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd
Location
Sherburn
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was engaged with another man in taking up was very treacherous owing to a Series of 'rolls," and at the point where they were working it was thickly timbered. They had almost completed their work and were engaged in strengthening the timbering when the roof above them collapsed knocking all the timber out, and killing deceased instantly. A shot had been fired some time before which may have disturbed the timbering.