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- Surname
- McDOWELL
- Forename
- Robert
- Day
- 04
- Month
- 07
- Year
- 1906
- Age
- 45
- Occupation
- Quarrier
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Forthill Quarry
- Mineral Worked
- Basalt
- Owner
- Ballycarry Lime Co.
- Location
- County
- Antrim, Ireland
- Details of Event
- About 14 feet in length of overburden soil furze and tree root undermined 5 feet fell on him whilst using a crowbar to lever more basalt out. The depth of the fall was 6 feet. It was sheer recklessness.
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