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Surname
MARTIN
Forename
W.
Day
09
Month
06
Year
1903
Age
66
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Victoria Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
B.B. Booth
Location
Hunshelf
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Died 12th June. Some small pieces of shale fell from a place 100 feet above Martin's working place. One piece struck him on the bead and fractured his skull. Probably a sudden change to dry hot weather caused the fall.