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Surname
OAKLAND
Forename
John William
Day
05
Month
05
Year
1914
Age
35
Occupation
Stone Getter
Mine/Quarry Name
New Bluestone Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
New Howley Park Quarry Co. Ltd
Location
Morley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Whilst he was walking to a pump at the bottom of the quarry some 30 yards from his working place a piece of shale, weighing about 50lbs., fell from a height of 40 yards. His skull was fractured and he was killed instantly.