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Surname
ARTFIELD
Forename
Stewart
Day
09
Month
04
Year
1901
Age
17
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Royshaw Quarry
Mineral Worked
Shale
Owner
William Matthews & Sons
Location
Blackburn
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Crushed by jenny wheel of endless chain conveying shale from quarry. While going over wheel with tub his feet got into wheel. Insufficiently fenced and was not required to pass over the wheel.