Deceased when hewing in the Hutton seam on March 3, which is overlaid by ramble, a soft stone that often falls even where the timber is very close; a piece of this stone is supposed to have fallen and cut his knee. He did not report any accident on that day, but next day his wife informed the deputy that her husband "had got a bat on the knee by a small piece of stone." Blood poisoning supervened followed by septic pneumonia and septic meningitis which caused his death. The jury found he had died from pneumonia derived from injuries received in the pit.