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| Date: | 10th August 1911 |
| Colliery: | Dean & Chapter |
| Cause: | Fall of stone |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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John Riley, a coal hewer at Dean and Chapter Colliery, was severely injured by a fall of stone on 10th August, and died the following day in Durham County Hospital.
At the inquest Robert Williams said that Riley had gone for a drink of water and a few minutes later he found him lying on the ground with his legs trapped by the stone. He got him out and had him taken to bank.
| Source: | Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle). |
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 | Riley, John, aged 23, Hewer, he and another hewer were turning away a split wall out of a wide bord and had kirved 3 feet under in the bottom for a width of 10 feet; they had two jud props set and a hole ready bored at the left side for a shot; when the deputy came in to charge the hole both hewers retired, but Riley at once returned and knocked out the inbye jud prop; the front portion of the jud and also some ramble at once fell away and caught him; there had apparently been a fracture in the ramble, and as it had a smooth parting the weight of the stone was sufficient to break down the front part of the jud when the prop was removed, Buried: St. Charles (RC) Churchyard, Tudhoe Village |
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