Travel Bug Dog Tag "Harry the Hewer" Travel bug.

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To travel around the country from cache to cache telling his story.

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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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    Tracking History (4389.2mi) View Map

    Visited 11/23/2010 Harveyjj took it to Monster Mike North Wales, United Kingdom - .34 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 11/23/2010 Harveyjj took it to Monster Mush North Wales, United Kingdom - 4.62 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 11/23/2010 Harveyjj took it to Naughty Monster North Wales, United Kingdom - 4.78 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 11/21/2010 Harveyjj took it to Cornist Lane North Wales, United Kingdom - .37 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 11/21/2010 Harveyjj took it to Wat's Over There North Wales, United Kingdom - .18 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 11/21/2010 Harveyjj took it to Wat's Down by the Stream North Wales, United Kingdom - 119.24 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 11/21/2010 Harveyjj retrieved it from Wat's Around Here North Wales, United Kingdom   Visit Log

    Harry's off to do a bit of travelling around caches with us until we can find a cache big enough & safe enough to let him have a short rest in!

    We'll look after him don't worry,
    Harveyjj
    Dropped Off 7/31/2010 tonibunny placed it in Wat's Around Here North Wales, United Kingdom - 22.21 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/30/2010 tonibunny retrieved it from Overton Oven North Wales, United Kingdom   Visit Log

    What a wonderful TB! I just had to pick him up, because very many of my ancestors were coal miners, mainly from the Black Country. They were often described as "hewer" in the censuses too. The brothers of one of my great great great great grandfathers died in falls of rock and coal, and in 1864 another GGGG grandfather died when a horse bolted on the pit bank and tumbled down the shaft whilst he was descending in the cage, landing on top of it, snapping the ropes and sending him and his five workmates to their deaths.

    I'll move Harry on as soon as I find a large enough cache for him. Thanks for sharing such an interesting and educational bug.

    Discovered It 7/29/2010 Border Caz discovered it   Visit Log

    Spotted in Overton Oven. A hot place for a chap used to a hot job!
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