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Surname
KEAR
Forename
Thomas
Day
09
Month
03
Year
1910
Age
47
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Darkhill Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
Location
St Clothier
County
Gloucestershire
Details of Event
A crane, with boiler, fell over into the quarry owing to one of the pins fastening the guys to the sills coming loose. Instead of a proper cotter pin being through the larger pin to fasten it, a piece of wire only had been used.