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Surname
LEWIS
Forename
John
Day
08
Month
02
Year
1906
Age
29
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Stoke Gifford Quarry
Mineral Worked
Clay
Owner
Stoke Gifford Brick & Tile Co. Ltd
Location
County
Gloucestershire
Details of Event
Working on a wide ledge, mid at a face about 8 feet in depth, 3 or 4 tons of clay and stone fell and buried him. It was evidently caused by undercutting the ground which had been previously loosened by blasting.