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Surname
FELTON
Forename
Charles William
Day
02
Month
12
Year
1910
Age
30
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Newton Road Chalk Quarry
Mineral Worked
Chalk
Owner
G.G. Whorton
Location
County
Suffolk
Details of Event
He was working in the wall of the quarry when a heavy fall of chalk came down from the vertical face and buried him,. The fall was due to the effects of frost and thaw and the friable nature of the chalk.