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Surname
THURNBULL
Forename
Ernest
Day
01
Month
10
Year
1909
Age
17
Occupation
Clearing Kirving
Mine/Quarry Name
Sherburn Hill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton Collieries Ltd
Location
Sherburn
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was clearing out kirving made by a coal-cutter and he was sitting in a longwall face a few yards from the coal cutting machine making head-trees, when a stone fell from a coal parting and bruised his back. He made satisfactory progress for three weeks but then internal troubles began, and he died on 25th October when being taken to the Durham Infirmary.