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Surname
DIFFEY
Forename
Robert
Day
01
Month
08
Year
1900
Age
46
Occupation
Clay miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Norden Mine
Mineral Worked
Ball Clay
Owner
B. Fayle & Co.
Location
Norden
County
Dorsetshire
Details of Event
A lump of clay suddenly fell out of the side of the lane or stall in which he was working and knocked him down causing injury to the spine from which he died on the 3rd Aug. The place appears to have been timbered up to the face. [Cotness – Pike’s Ball Clay Mine] [Fayle - SY 395518.82635]