Disasters - Names		Disasters - Names

Date:	20th January 1938
Colliery:	Ellington
Cause:	Fall of Stone
Lives Lost:	1

Following a fall of unusal dimensions in Ellington pit yesterday, workmen laboured for 2 hours excavating the body of James William Armstrong, a married mine worker, of Juliet Street, Ashington.

Many tons of stone had fallen, and the body was badly mutilated. Armstrong had been engaged in his work as a conveyor chock-drawer when the fall occurred in the High Main seam and completely buried him. It is understood that the fall is of considerable extent and that as a result extensive reconstruction work will be necessary.

Source:

Newspaper Cutting

	Armstrong, James William, Conveyor Chock-drawer, fall of stone, address: 99 Juliet Street, Ashington
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