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Surname
JEFFCOTE
Forename
Arthur
Day
28
Month
11
Year
1901
Age
26
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Tuttle Hill Quarry
Mineral Worked
Granite
Owner
Executors of W.A. Judkins
Location
Nuneaton
County
Warwickshire
Details of Event
Deceased was charging a shothole with cartridges of 1.5lbs. 'Nobel gelignite' and had put three such cartridges safely down the hole. He was pushing forward the fourth when all of them exploded probably owing to their being in a semi-frozen condition.