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Surname
WILSON
Forename
Thomas
Day
14
Month
02
Year
1905
Age
40
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Eston
Mineral Worked
Ironstone
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Guisborough
County
Yorkshire NR
Details of Event
Fall of top. The roof here is sticky and some stone adheres to the roof. The place is 13ft. 6in high. After firing two shots the deceased man and the mate sounded the stone and it appeared quite good and it was intended to put a shot in to bring it down. About an hour afterwards, while they were filling a waggon, the stone fell and so severely injured Wilson that he died shortly afterwards. A prop was standing close to the stone that fell.