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Surname
WEARMOUTH
Forename
John
Day
13
Month
02
Year
1911
Age
32
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
South Moor, Louisa Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Moor Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Stanley
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was hewing in a bord 5 yards wide, which was well timbered, when a piece of stone the full width of the place 3 feet wide and 6 inches thick, fell on to him. The stone was false bedded, and came over the coal from a breaker and canted out four props. His spine was fractured, and he died on 23rd.