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Surname
ROBERTS
Forename
John
Day
26
Month
04
Year
1906
Age
26
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Norwood (a)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dunston Garesfield Collieries Ltd
Location
Dunston
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased and another hewer were working together in the back shift in a lift loose at both sides in broken workings in the North flat of the Stone Coal Seam, 2 feet thick, when a stone about 5.5 feet square, 12 inches thick, next the coal and tailing out behind to a feather edge suddenly fell on him, canting out two props in its fall. The deputy had been in the place about three hour before the accident when he set some props and left a good supply loose he was only 30 yards away when the stone fell, and helped to release deceased who was so badly injured that he died at the shaft. The Local Inspectors reported, ‘Found everything in good order, and so far as can be seen attach no blame to anyone for the, accident, which has been purely accidental.’