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Surname
BROWN
Forename
Alfred
Day
16
Month
12
Year
1909
Age
46
Occupation
Deputy
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumley, 6th Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton Collieries Ltd
Location
Great Lumley
County
Durham
Details of Event
He had three props to draw to clear a jud. These last three props were standing in the form of a triangle two props near to him and one some six feet away. He had a drawing punch with a handle eight feet long and with this the tried to knock out the prop six feet away. He failed, but expressing his determination to have the prop out, he began to loosen it with a drawing hammer. Having loosened it, he was turning round to come back when a large frame of stone fell and fatally injured him. The stone in falling canted out the two near props. it is very disappointing to have occurrences like this to record, the was an experienced man and would know quite well the risk he was running.