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Surname
YOUNG
Forename
Robert
Day
26
Month
09
Year
1907
Age
28
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Houghton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton Collieries Ltd
Location
Houghton le Spring
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was casting coals to the tub, when a triangular piece of stone came away at a slippery parting and at a hitch leader, canting out six props. The stone fell on the hewer and killed him.