Full Details

Surname

STEVENSON

Forename

Charles Jnr

Day

27

Month

05

Year

1913

Age

19

Occupation

Drawer

Mine/Quarry Name

Viewpark

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd

Location

Viewpark

County

Lanarkshire

Details of Event

He was loading a hutch with coal at the heading of a conveyor wall, when a fall of roof occurred. The roof usually consisted of strong sandstone post and was not timbered on the roadways, but at this point a ply of rocky bands some 2.5 inches thick ran in, and it was this ply of band that burst away suddenly from the roof. He died three days later.