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Surname
KEEFE
Forename
Edward
Day
01
Month
01
Year
1907
Age
61
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Vaynor Quarry
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
Crawshay Brothers, Cyfartha, Ltd
Location
Trefechan
County
Breconshire
Details of Event
Deceased and another man were boring a hole on a ledge 55ft. up the quarry, when a stone 4.5 ft. by 3 ft. by 3 ft. thick fell off the vertical face, and killed him. The foreman had examined the place two hours previously and considered it safe. After four days of heavy frost a thaw had set in that day which I think caused the stone to fall.