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Surname
ROBINSON
Forename
Joseph
Day
30
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
36
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
New Brancepeth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cochrane & Co. Ltd
Location
New Brancepeth
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was taking side coal off in an old bord, the seam being 2 feet 10 inches thick. A panel of stone had fallen in the old bord, and at the point where he started work overhung the coal some 15 inches. The chargeman set a plank propped at each end under that canch. The hewer had removed only 12 cwt of coal, when a large stone from the side fell on to him, canting out the timber. The stone, as might have been expected, was broken and lay on the coal. Had the stone been stayed so that it could not swing out, the accident would not have occurred.