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Surname
ARMITAGE
Forename
H.
Day
16
Month
07
Year
1903
Age
62
Occupation
Crane driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Burmantofts Quarry
Mineral Worked
Clay
Owner
J.C. Boyle
Location
Leeds
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was raising a hoppet or the crane and it was noticed that the jib was being turned when the crane fell over and fatally crushed Armitage by the boiler, he did not appear to have fully started the engine and probably confused the levers and caused jerks by turning the steam off and on.