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Surname
BRAY
Forename
Richard
Day
20
Month
06
Year
1905
Age
48
Occupation
Stoneman
Mine/Quarry Name
Heworth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Heworth Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Gateshead & Washington
County
Durham
Details of Event
Died July 15th. Deceased was drilling a machine hole in the roof stone of a new gateway in long wall working, in the 4th South district of the Five Quarter seam, when a stone, 2 feet by 1 foot 8 inches and 7 inches thick, relieved by a joint and a break fell from the left corner of the brow and caught his knee and ankle. The place had been examined by a chargeman before work started when it appeared safe, and afterwards a fellow workman had examined it jowled the stone that fell, after trying to get it down with pick, left it, as he considered it safe. Deceased was attended by a doctor the same day, who found bruises on the left ankle and foot and abrasions of the left leg. On the third day an abscess formed followed other, and the injuries took an unhealthy course, and death was due to exhaustion and heart failure. The Local Inspectors made no report.