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Surname
HUBYE
Forename
James
Day
19
Month
03
Year
1909
Age
39
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Radfield Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
Oddy & Booth
Location
Eccleshill
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
A quantity of dressed stone had been piled near the edge of the quarry. A sharp frost followed by a rapid thaw caused the soil under the stones to crumble, and the stones fell into the quarry. One of them struck Hubye and killed him on the spot.