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Surname
RICHARDSON
Forename
Matthew
Day
30
Month
12
Year
1905
Age
47
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
West Carterthorne
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
West Carterhorne Coal Co.
Location
Evenwood
County
Durham
Details of Event
When working alone talking out the last stook of a pillar he was completely buried and smothered by a fall of roof. As no one was working with him it was difficult to say what caused the fall, as, apparently, the place was carefully timbered.