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Surname
HODGES
Forename
William
Day
16
Month
12
Year
1909
Age
43
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Itter's Brickworks Quarry
Mineral Worked
Clay
Owner
A.W. Itter
Location
Calvert
County
Buckinghamshire
Details of Event
He was wheeling clay from a ledge at night time and when lifting a piece into a barrow the barrow fell over and the handle caught him and caused him to fall off the bench to the bottom of the quarry 56 feet. There was plenty of light, and the ledge was of a fair width.