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Surname
BURTON
Forename
George
Day
16
Month
12
Year
1908
Age
47
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Brandon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Strakers & Love
Location
Brandon & Byshottles
County
Durham
Details of Event
This man and his marrow were hewing in a headways lift the last of the pillar-five yards wide, when a large frame of post stone fell away from the roof just as they were in the act of setting a prop. The stone fell away from a slip in the roof which had evidently just been exposed by the advancing face. The timbering distance was 6 feet, and the place was not well timbered. The men were, however, just about to put up timber when the accident occurred, and the deputy said that when he examined the place about two hours prior to the accident, the place was then properly timbered.