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Surname
ABDY
Forename
Henry
Day
04
Month
05
Year
1907
Age
16
Occupation
Crane driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Blue Stone Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
George Buxton
Location
Handsworth
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He had raised various stones out of the quarry, with the steam crane, and placed them on a bogey; he then placed a wedge under some of the stones to steady them and while doing so a flag five inches thick, which was overhanging the front of the bogey about three feet, broke off at a concealed flaw, and another flag, about six inches in thickness and three feet square resting on the over-hanging portion, slipped off and dropped across his neck and killed him instantly.