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Surname
PERRY
Forename
James
Day
14
Month
03
Year
1914
Age
49
Occupation
Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Westerton, North
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Coundon
County
Durham
Details of Event
A fall bad taken place in a landing, and an effort was being made to get ready for coal work. Deceased was employed moving the haulage rope, when a stone 4 feet by 8 feet and 10 inches thick fell on to him, causing injuries from which he died the same day. The stone that fell lay partly on a large frame of fallen stone at the side, and partly on a running balk. The Under Manager and Master Shifter had examined the stone and thought it safe, but in this opinion they were wrong as events proved.