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Surname
STEPHENSON
Forename
John
Day
13
Month
06
Year
1913
Age
30
Occupation
Carpenter
Mine/Quarry Name
Wylam Hills
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wylam Coal Co.
Location
Wylam
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged in re-opening an old shaft. In order to hang a plumb line, be placed a 3-inch plank upon the walling across the middle of the shaft and over it, and at right angles a 1.25-inch plank. The latter overhung the former by 2 feet at one end. Deceased turned around and thoughtlessly stepped back upon the unsupported end of the plank, which tipped up and allowed him to fall to the shaft bottom 48 feet below. He struck the shaft side and was killed.