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Surname
WHITE
Forename
Joseph Frederick
Day
13
Month
12
Year
1910
Age
26
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Newton Cap
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd
Location
Toronto
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was working at the face in a seam 16 inches thick, when a stone 2 feet thick by 4 feet by 3.5 feet suddenly fell at three slips in the roof and fractured his skull. One slip parallel to and 3.5 feet from the coal was known to exist, but this had apparently not led the deceased, or the deputy who had examined the place 1.5 hours previously, to suspect the presence of other slips. There was a thin clay parting between the coal and the stone which rendered the detection of slips a difficult matter, and a stone 2 feet in thickness would sound perfectly good.