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Matthew Smith

Age:   51
Died:   16th Apr 1917
Accident:   16th Apr 1917
Year Born:   abt. 1866
Colliery:   Springwell
Company:   John Bowes and Partners Ltd.
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
accidentally killed by a fall of stone whilst on rolleyway within Main Coal Seam; residence: 9 Springwell Road, Wrekenton (Inquest: 19 Apr 1917)
Buried:   [not known]
Category:  

Death Certificate

Certificate


1917 death in the Registration District of Chester-le-Street, Sub-district of Harraton, in the County of Durham

No When and where died Name and surname Sex Age Occupation Cause of death Signature, description and residence of informant When registered Signature of registrar
403  Sixteenth April 1917 whilst within Main Coal Seam, Springwell Colliery, Wrekenton, Lamesley R.D.  Matthew Smith  Male  51 years  of 9 Springwell Road, Wrekenton, Gateshead C.B., a Coal Hewer  Accidentally killed by fall of stone whilst on rolleyway within Main Coal Seam, Springwell Colliery, Wrekenton, Gateshead  Certificate received from John Graham Coroner for County of Durham. Inquest held 19th April 1917  Nineteenth April 1917  J. M. Lawson, Registrar 

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