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Surname
BUTTERFIELD
Forename
Abraham
Day
18
Month
02
Year
1910
Age
55
Occupation
Deputy
Mine/Quarry Name
Wooley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pease & Partners Ltd
Location
Brancepeth
County
Durham
Details of Event
With the assistance of the hewer, he was drawing props from a lift which had been driven up its distance. He was using a drawing axe, and on knocking out a prop the stone above it fell and crushed him. The fall gave no warning, and it was afterwards found that the stone had come away at a slip.