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Surname
WILLIAMSON
Forename
R.W.
Day
18
Month
02
Year
1910
Age
22
Occupation
Putter
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumley, 6th Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton Collieries Ltd
Location
Great Lumley
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was kneeling down putting the way right on a coal cutter face, when a large stone fell from a clay parting on to him, breaking down a plank spanning across the way. It was known that this stone was slightly given although it jowled true, and it should therefore have been more securely timbered.