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Surname
WATTS
Forename
George John
Day
13
Month
06
Year
1910
Age
39
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumpsey
Mineral Worked
Ironstone
Owner
Bell Brothers Ltd
Location
Brotton
County
Yorkshire NR
Details of Event
He was preparing to drill a hole when about a ton of top dogger and shale fell without warning from a pot hole in the place was well timbered up and the stone that fell broke some of the laggings.