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	Individual Details		Individual Details

Age:	39
Died:	20th Jul 1894
Accident:	20th Jul 1894 12:15 PM, 3rd hour of shift
Year Born:	abt. 1855
Colliery:	Charlaw
Company:	Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Co., Ltd.
Occupation:	Screenman
Notes:	Fall of stone in his working place
Buried:	[not known]
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Number 43 on the list occurred at Charlaw Colliery, on the 20th of July, about 12.15 o'clock p.m. causing the death of John Green, a coal hewer.

He was working in the brokens, in a jud which was just being turned away. About half an hour before the accident occurred the back-overman visited the place, and told the deputy to set some chocks; and he also told deceased to leave some coal on at the loose end, which he said he would do; this official, however, found, on examining the place afterwards, that a stone had fallen, from the roof; that deceased had not left the coal on, and that the fall was where it should have been; and also that this coal was its only support. The roof before the fall occurred appeared perfectly good and there were no breakers visible, afterwards there were two breakers to be seen, and these caused the accident. Deceased was, I understand, a careful man, and as a rule did all he was told to. Whether he took the coal out, on the loose side, purposely, or he had not understood the back-overman I cannot say, but by taking it out he lost his life.

• 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 14 Where to find this report
• 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 41, Accident Number: 43 Where to find this report

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