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Surname
SMITH
Forename
Alexander
Day
06
Month
10
Year
1914
Age
36
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Willington
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Strakers & Love
Location
Willington
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was hewing coals at the face of a longwall working where the seam is 2 feet thick. He hewed to a slip in the roof running along the face and previously unexposed. This liberated an oval shaped piece of stone which fell upon him from an uneven roll and killed him instantly. Two props set at either end of the long axis of the oval, 6 feet by 4 feet 6 inches, were reeled out.