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Robert Henry Hodgson
| Age: | 36 |
| Died: | 1st Aug 1962 |
| Accident: | 1st Aug 1962 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1926 |
| Colliery: | Middridge Drift |
| Company: | National Coal Board |
| Occupation: | Coal Cutter |
| Notes: | he received severe head injuries when he was trapped between the coal cutting machine and a roof support, address: Sussex Street, Leeholme |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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On 1 August 1962, Robert Henry Hodgson, a coal cutter at Middridge Drift, received severe head injuries when he was trapped between the coal cutting machine and a roof support. He was cutting near a corner when the jib got fastened. Although it was stuck, the cutting picks were still rotating, and he tried to run them in reverse to release the jib. At the inquest, Benjamin Beach, who was the second man on the machine, said Hodgson told him he was going to make another attempt to free it. The next thing he knew there was a queer noise and the whole machine "kicked out" of the face. Hodgson, aged 36, lived at Sussex Street, Leeholme.
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- Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
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