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Surname
McGOUGH
Forename
Peter
Day
02
Month
09
Year
1904
Age
27
Occupation
Quarrier
Mine/Quarry Name
Greensmoor Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
Executors of R. Siddall
Location
Stacksteads
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Struck by an iron crow-bar, 6 feet long and fell back on his head, fracturing his skull. A stone from two to three tons weight was being raised from its bed by a dog attached to steam crane; a piece of the stone broke off liberating the dog the stone dropped a foot, falling on the toe of the crow-bar being used to ease the stone.