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Surname
KIFF
Forename
George Scamp
Day
12
Month
01
Year
1904
Age
53
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Buttercombe Quarry
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
E. Slee
Location
County
Devonshire
Details of Event
He was working on the face of the quarry out of sight of his comrades. His partner pulled him to lunch but receiving no answer went to his working place when he found be had fallen or slid to the foot of the face and was there lying dead. He had evidently fallen backwards and broken his neck.