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Surname
WALTON
Forename
Thomas
Day
17
Month
08
Year
1906
Age
58
Occupation
Deputy
Mine/Quarry Name
Hazlerigg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Burradon & Coxlodge Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hazlerigg
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Died Aug. 21st. Deceased assisted by a youth, was drawing props out of a completed lift in broken workings in the Champion Flat of the High Main seam 5 feet thick. He had a pout with him but was using an axe at the time of the accident, when he had nearly finished the work. He knocked out a prop and then sprang back, but a mass of stone 30 inches thick fell, coming over three pairs of gears, and he was fastened. The youth was able to release him, and he was taken out of the pit to Newcastle Infirmary where he died. The Local Inspector reported, ‘find that about 30 inches in thickness came away at a slip over the timber and caught him and he was fatally injured. We also find that the necessary appliances were there, and we are of opinion that the accident was purely accidental.'