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Surname
WELSHAW
Forename
William
Day
10
Month
06
Year
1908
Age
38
Occupation
Kirving Cleaner
Mine/Quarry Name
Burnmoor
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton Collieries Ltd
Location
Fence Houses
County
Durham
Details of Event
When preparing for the coal cutting machine to travel along the face by removing a small fall that had occurred, a large stone, 15 feet long by 4 feet wide by 2 feet thick, broke down the four planks set to support it and killed him. The face had been idle for six days, and this had allowed the stone to weight and break off along the face the side of the stone next the goaf was formed by a bright curved slip.