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Surname
PATTON
Forename
Frederick
Day
06
Month
02
Year
1914
Age
26
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Dean & Chapter
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Ferryhill
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was working in a 5 yards wide place in a seam with 1 foot 2 inch top coal, 1 foot 11 inch band stone, and 3 feet 2 inch bottom coal. The ramble stone was of a treacherous nature, being full of slips. The bottom coal was shot out first, no kirving being done, and then the band and top coal got down. The maximum timber distance in the seam in every direction was 4 feet. He was filling a tub, reaching with his shovel under the hand stone, of which 4 feet 6 inches in length overhung over the width of the place, when a large piece fell on to his head and killed him. The distance from the nearest long timber from the face was 9 feet. It was possible, but by no means certain, that two bottom section props lying under the band had been set, and had been canted out.