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Surname
ARCHIE
Forename
William
Day
20
Month
07
Year
1905
Age
21
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Corrennie Quarry
Mineral Worked
Granite
Owner
John Fyne
Location
Tillfourie
County
Aberdeenshire
Details of Event
Deceased was employed with another landing the stones raised by a crane a large stone weighing about 2tons was raised and placed in a bogie to be removed to the dressing shed when the stone broke and it is thought that in order to avoid being struck by one of the parts he stepped back and fell into the quarry hole.