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Surname
OXFORD
Forename
James
Day
02
Month
09
Year
1904
Age
69
Occupation
Sandgetter
Mine/Quarry Name
Moxley Quarry
Mineral Worked
Chalk
Owner
W.R. Price Hewitt & Co. Ltd
Location
Moxley
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
He and three others were riding up the incline out of the quarry when the wagon tipped up and they were thrown out. The body of the wagon tipped up because pins for holding it down had not been put in place. Oxford died on the 28th October.