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Surname
REVERLEY
Forename
John
Day
20
Month
03
Year
1914
Age
45
Occupation
Deputy
Mine/Quarry Name
Ravensworth, Shop
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Birtley Iron Co.
Location
Lamesley
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was returning down a gateway in a scale 3 foot 6 inches thick, worked longwall, when at the junction of the gate with the crossgate a large stone, 12 foot long, 7 foot wide, and from 6 inches to 15 inches thick, fell from the roof, part of which caught him and injured his back. The stone came away from a smooth wavy parting between the blue and the post above. Side props were set but no crossing plank. No timber was brought away by the fall. Deceased die don the 9th May.