Full Details

Surname

YOUNG

Forename

Robert

Day

26

Month

09

Year

1907

Age

28

Occupation

Hewer

Mine/Quarry Name

Houghton

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Lambton Collieries Ltd

Location

Houghton le Spring

County

Durham

Details of Event

He was casting coals to the tub, when a triangular piece of stone came away at a slippery parting and at a hitch leader, canting out six props. The stone fell on the hewer and killed him.