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Surname
HOLMES
Forename
Samuel
Day
16
Month
08
Year
1911
Age
56
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Milltown Quarry
Mineral Worked
Fluorspar
Owner
Mrs Judith Jessop
Location
Milltown, Ashover
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
An old lead vein at the surface was being cleaned out for fluorspar when some clay and earth fell and killed deceased. The wall of the vein should have been cleaned from debris, or a stretcher placed from side to side.