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Surname
KEARNEY
Forename
James
Day
15
Month
01
Year
1902
Age
26
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
High Burn Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
Thomas Boiston
Location
County
Durham
Details of Event
A wooden gangway extended from a point where baring was being moved for some distance into the quarry to a disused part where the baring was tipped from small wagons running on rails laid on the gangway. A light wire rope supported at intervals extended at a height of 3 feet along each side of the gangway and acted as a fence. Deceased and another man were bringing forward a loaded wagon and are said to have been going too fast. The wagon jumped the rails and fell a distance of 40 feet to the bottom of the quarry carrying both men with it. The jury recommended a stronger fence.