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Christopher Smallwood
| Age: | 51 |
| Died: | 18th May 1936 |
| Accident: | 18th May 1936 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1885 |
| Colliery: | Bowburn |
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| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | killed by a fall of stone |
| Buried: | Ushaw Moor Cemetery |
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A stoneman was killed at Bowburn Colliery, Durham. He was building a gate pack 7 ft. long by lift, wide, on a hand got longwall face in a seam 2 ft. 2 in. thick. A stone 8 ft. 9 in. long, 3 ft. 3 in. wide and 1 ft. 3 in. thick, fell in the pack area from two concealed induced parallel slips in the blue shale roof. He had withdrawn two steel straps from within the pack area and left the roof unsupported over an area of 77 square feet.
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Ushaw Moor — Cemetery
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ233424
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Christopher SMALLWOOD | 18th May 1936 | 51 | 1885 |
| Elizabeth Ethel SMALLWOOD | 5th Jun 1936 | 52 | 1884 |
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Follow this link to see a copy of Christopher’s family tree and the broader Smallwood research being undertaken.
Thanks to Ian Hall for this additional information.
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- 1936 Mines Inspectors Report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-00850-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in Ushaw Moor Cemetery
- Tombstone photograph (T-00862-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
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