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Surname
STEWART
Forename
Alexander
Day
08
Month
10
Year
1903
Age
55
Occupation
Deputy
Mine/Quarry Name
South Derwent
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Derwent Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Annfield Plain
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was drawing timber out of a place 7yd wide that had been worked longwall in the Hutton seam when the roof suddenly fell over an area of 7yd by 5yd. A seam 3ft thick lying above the Hutton seam and separated from it by 2ft of stone had formerly been worked above the point and the 2ft of stone and about 2ft of the upper part of the Hutton seam that was not worked formed the roof. A hitch of 2.5ft throw crossed the place at right angles and helped to cause the fall. Deceased was using an axe to draw with and had apparently no other appliance with him as he should have had.