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Surname
WELSH
Forename
William
Day
31
Month
10
Year
1900
Age
33
Occupation
Putter
Mine/Quarry Name
East Stanley Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Joicey & Co. Ltd
Location
Stanley
County
Durham
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased and a timber leader were lifting a tub on to the rails at a turn and in doing so knocked out a prop causing a fall of stone. The roof was a damp soft shale and both were buried by the fall, Welsh being suffocated.