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Surname
TAYLOR
Forename
Robert
Day
04
Month
11
Year
1910
Age
38
Occupation
Caunchman
Mine/Quarry Name
Sherburn Hill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton Collieries Ltd
Location
Sherburn
County
Durham
Details of Event
The chargeman had fired a shot for him in a gateway, and after examining the result of the shot deceased pulled down the loose stone. In order to stow the stones in the goaf he went into the coal face in an adjacent gateway and along the face to get behind the stone from the shot. A large stone some 13 feet long, 2 feet to 4 feet wide, and a maximum thickness of 8 inches, fell from between the face and the last row of props on to him. The stone thinned out towards the coal. The chargeman had examined the roof along the face and he considered it safe.