"Harry the Hewer" Travel bug.
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A hewer is a man who cuts coal, removing it from the coal face. His was normally one of the most dangerous jobs in coal mines because in addition to the usual dangers, coal would fall from the face and sometimes the roof would fall in. Normal procedure for hewers was to cut a slot in the base of the coal seam so that coal would drop, or be coerced into dropping down under gravity. The roof immediately above the coal was also liable to fall. Hewers, being in the vicinity of this activity were often killed by accidental falls of coal or stone. Hewers death certificates frequently record this as the cause of death. In fact it became such a commonplace accident that the Inspector of mines in Britain generally recorded it with little investigation, since there was little they could do about it.
Hewing was hard work, and mining culture in many places records the strength and bravery of the hewer.
The terms hewer and hewing are recorded in the mining glossaries as being primarily used in Newcastle, England.
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