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Surname
WARD
Forename
Michael
Day
11
Month
05
Year
1905
Age
28
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Seghill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Joseph Laycock & Co.
Location
Seghill
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased and his marrow were hewing together in the back shift in a lift 6.5 yards wide and loose at both sides in broken workings in the Blake or Main Coal seam. The bottom coal and band, measuring together about 3ft had been taken out for a depth of 3ft right across the place men. The top coal, about 3.5ft thick was supported by six stays. A shot fired in the left side after the drawing stays had failed, owing to a post roll in the coal, to bring down the jud. Three of the stays were reset and another shot prepared near the centre of the place and when it was nearly ready to fire deceased was near the left side removing gear when a quantity of coal fell and caught him. The deputy was in the place at the time and was in the act of setting a prop. The Inspectors reported that they ‘examined the place where the fall had occurred and found the place right’.