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Surname
BARBER
Forename
James
Day
26
Month
07
Year
1901
Age
36
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Miller's Dale Quarry
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
Buxton Lime Firms Ltd
Location
Buxton
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
A large stone fell from above where deceased was working and after striking the bottom of the quarry rolled on to deceased. A shot had been fired a few minutes before the stone fell and the quarry face being nearly perpendicular and of a great height it was difficult to examine after the shot was fired.