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Surname
BREWER
Forename
George
Day
13
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
33
Occupation
Stoneman
Mine/Quarry Name
South Moor, William Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Moor Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
South Moor
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was working alone in a longwall gateway, taking a 2-foot 6-inch canch down. A shot in the stone had been tired, and after ridding the stone he was drilling another hole 4 feet nearer the coal face, when owing, it is supposed, to the place coming on to "weight," a side waver of stone 3 feet long, 1 foot 6 inches wide, and about 10 inches thick, came away at a slip from the side of the road close to where he had his machine set, and, falling on to his left leg, caused a compound fracture, He died on 1st February, 1914.