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Surname
SOUTHERN
Forename
Richard
Day
07
Month
05
Year
1909
Age
45
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Holmside
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hedley Brothers
Location
Craghead
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was hewing in a gateway in the Low Main Seam, when a stone 8 feet long, 22 inches wide and 13 inches thick fell from between slips on three sides and a breaker on the fourth. The slips and breaker could not have been seen before the stone fell.