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Surname
JACKSON
Forename
Richard
Day
22
Month
02
Year
1905
Age
53
Occupation
Barer
Mine/Quarry Name
Flappit Spring Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
Joseph Clayton Ltd
Location
Cullingworth
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Along with other three men they were removing baring dirt in the quarry which had been loosened by a charge of gelignite, on the 17th when one of them struck some unexploded and frozen cartridges which exploded and killed these two and injured two others. 2 killed.