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George Storey
| Age: | 22 |
| Died: | 14th Nov 1924 |
| Accident: | 14th Nov 1924 10.20 a.m., 6th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1902 |
| Colliery: | Thornley |
| Company: | Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Putter |
| Notes: | deceased, with his pony, was taking an empty tub inbye and was riding on the limbers. When passing a point about 50 yards from the face, a large fall of side stone took place. A piece of post, 4 ft. by 3 ft. by 6 ins. thick, struck the inbye end of the tub, causing it to upend just as he was leaning over the outbye end in his endeavour to get clear. His head was crushed between the top of the tub and the roof, killing him outright. The stone fell from hidden fractures |
| Buried: | Wheatley Hill Cemetery |
| Category: | Falls in Mines :: Falls of Side :: On roads while otherwise working or passing |
Wheatley Hill — Cemetery
Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ377387
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
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| George STOREY | 14th Nov 1924 | 22 | 1902 |
| Sarah STOREY | 11th Nov 1930 | 50 | 1880 |
| William W. STOREY | 20th Feb 1935 | 15 | 1920 |
| William W. STOREY | | | |
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 58, Accident Number: 9
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-01519-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in Wheatley Hill Cemetery
- Tombstone photograph (T-00034-00-0002) © Kev Duncan
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