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Surname
ARNOLD
Forename
Alfred
Day
15
Month
03
Year
1908
Age
52
Occupation
Filler
Mine/Quarry Name
Old Delabole Quarry
Mineral Worked
Slate
Owner
Old Delabole Slate Co. Ltd
Location
Delabole
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
Crushed between two blocks of slate, one of which was about a ton in weight. He and his comrade had prized this block with bars into a position to allow of putting a sling chain around it for lifting purposes, when it fell over and crushed him against the other.