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Harry Hemming
| Age: | 37 |
| Died: | 21st Feb 1938 |
| Accident: | 21st Feb 1938 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1901 |
| Colliery: | Pan Lane |
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| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | he was killed when the Ballarat Seam fell into the Five Quarter Seam |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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He was killed when the Ballarat Seam fell into the Five Quarter Seam.
At the inquest Thomas Morgan said that he 'was working about six feet from Hemming when the bottom suddenly fell into the seam below. There was a strong gust of wind and his lamp went out. He felt himself slipped away and had to jump to safety. After getting a light he saw that the fall had completely buried his marrow. Wih the help of others he worked from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to free Hemming, who was then dead.'
Robert Graham, deputy said: 'He thought that the bottom gave way because of the excessive weight, the working of the seam below having caused the strata between the seams to collapse.'
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- Contributions by members of the Public
- Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
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