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Surname
HOCKEY
Forename
T.
Day
27
Month
11
Year
1900
Age
49
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Long Acre Quarry
Mineral Worked
Stone
Owner
W. Hill & Co
Location
County
Dorsetshire
Details of Event
He and his comrade lit five shots out seven and retired to a place of safety supposing all the shots to have gone off he returned to light the remaining two just as the last shot exploded. The stones thrown by the explosion fatally injured him.