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Surname
WILSON
Forename
Matthew
Day
12
Month
10
Year
1906
Age
29
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bedlington
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bedlington Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bedlington
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased and another hewer were working together during the fore shift in a lift 5 yards wide, in broken workings, in the Engine Plane way to the Low Main Seam of the Doctor Pit. They had holed the stook, there being still a shell of coal left roughly 4.5 feet square and a height of 4.5 feet fell from the roof upon him. The side of the fall next the shell of coal and the opposite side were natural slippery facings or backs the other two sides were fractures due probably to the roof weight. No timber was set under the fall, but a pair of gears next the fast side, and a prop and plank in the same line, extended right across the place 4 feet from the face lip to the stook. The deputy had examined the place before the entry of the hewers, when it appeared safe he had not visited them while they were at work as the accident happened at 6.15am. The Local Inspectors reported ‘Find that the fall was caused by breakers meeting with slippery jacks in the roof and is one of those lamentable unforeseen accidents.'