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Surname
DRURY
Forename
J.
Day
31
Month
08
Year
1909
Age
37
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Tuck Royd Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
Joseph Brook & Sons
Location
Lightcliffe
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Drury with others was watching a large stone being dragged along the bottom of the quarry with a chain from a steam crane. The stone struck a box which had been left in its path. This caused it to swerve against Drury who was fatally injured. He died on 23rd September.