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Surname
STEPHENSON
Forename
Thomas William
Day
24
Month
07
Year
1908
Age
22
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Langley Park
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Consett Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Langley Park
County
Durham
Details of Event
This accident occurred when the last lift of a pillar was being taken off the lift had holed in the middle into the goaf. A plank was set within three feet of the face but it had been thrust out. There was a slip on the outbye side of the stone which fell and there were two parallel joints one on each side and a breaker on the inbye side. The stone was oblong in shape l feet by 1 foot 10 inches by 1 foot 10 inches, and fell on the man as he was stooping.