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Surname
ULATT
Forename
Henry Dixon
Day
11
Month
01
Year
1912
Age
23
Occupation
Hewing Putter
Mine/Quarry Name
Thornley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd
Location
New Thornley
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was hewing in a place 8 yards wide. The seam was 3 feet 9 inches thick, overlaid by ramble stone 3 feet thick. The ramble was overhanging the coal for from 2 to 3 feet, and was unsupported. He bad tried to get the ramble down without success, and knew it was not sound but foolishly went on working under it without supporting it in any way. A large mass afterwards fell away and killed him.