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Surname
WHITE
Forename
William
Day
04
Month
07
Year
1911
Age
37
Occupation
Stoneman
Mine/Quarry Name
Wheatley Hill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Weardale Steel Coal & Coke Co. Ltd
Location
Wheatley Hill
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was clearing away some stone which had fallen from the side of a gateway canch, when a fall of roof took place and buried him. The stone was of a very short nature, and the man was suffocated before he could be liberated. The fall canted out two props.