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Surname
ROWCASTLE
Forename
George
Day
08
Month
08
Year
1910
Age
65
Occupation
Stoneman
Mine/Quarry Name
West Auckland
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Etherley
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was engaged with others making a pump house in the Brockwell Seam, and beyond a small amount of squaring back, the excavation was practically completed. He was filling stones near one side, when a thick stone 7 feet long suddenly dropped away from two "jacks" and caught him. The stone had been carefully examined and was considered to be quite safe. It was a case where sounding by "jowling" would give no real indication as to the condition of the stone owing to its thickness.