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Surname
LANG
Forename
F.
Day
20
Month
08
Year
1904
Age
36
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Holmfield Quarry
Mineral Worked
Brickearth
Owner
G. & W. Holliday Ltd
Location
Halifax
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was standing on a bench 12 feet above the quarry bottom pulling a stone with a pick when about 10cwt of clay and shale fell from the face above and killed him. The face had been slightly overhanging.