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Surname
YOUNG
Forename
Preston
Day
01
Month
06
Year
1901
Age
63
Occupation
Mason
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitburn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Harton Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Whitburn
County
Durham
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased and another man were pointing wooden brattice in a working headaway and had just sat down to get their bait when a flag of stone three or four inches thick fell away breaking off at the edge of the brattice props.