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Surname
CONNOR
Forename
Michael
Day
11
Month
09
Year
1905
Age
25
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Howley Park Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
Howley Park & Great Finsdale (Morley) Co.
Location
Morley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
A large block of stone was being lifted by a steam crane out of the quarry when he foolishly got under it and a piece of stone about six inches square and half an inch in thickness fell from the ascending stone and hit him on the head. Died the following day.