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Surname
BIRDEN
Forename
Thomas
Day
20
Month
01
Year
1911
Age
59
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bowbridge Quarry
Mineral Worked
Gypsum
Owner
Vale of Belvoir & Newark Plaster Co.
Location
Balderton
County
Nottinghamshire
Details of Event
Whilst loading material near the quarry face he was buried and almost instantly killed by a fall of about 500 tons of mast and gypsum from the face. This ground had probably been shaken by a shot fired half an hour before.