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Surname
COCKER
Forename
William
Day
27
Month
11
Year
1905
Age
35
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Harpur Hill Quarry
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
Buxton Lime Firms Ltd
Location
Buxton
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
He was walking along the High Peak Line belonging to the London and North Western Railway Company near the quarry premises when he was run over by a mineral train and killed. There was a violent snow-storm raging at the time.