Full Details

Surname

SLEIGH

Forename

Charles

Day

08

Month

02

Year

1909

Age

38

Occupation

Hewer

Mine/Quarry Name

Shotton

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Horden Collieries Ltd

Location

Shotton

County

Durham

Details of Event

He was killed by a stone, weighing about half a ton, which fell directly on to him as he was hewing. There were slips in three sides of the stone but these would not be visible prior to the stone falling.