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Surname
HARGREAVES
Forename
W.
Day
23
Month
03
Year
1909
Age
53
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Thornley Lane Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
J. & J. Schofield
Location
Midgley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was building a pack wall inside the quarry, and when he was standing on a side wall it collapsed and he fell with the stones and was so seriously injured that he died in two days. He was a skilled and experienced man and had built the pack wall himself.