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Surname
PAGE
Forename
James Walter
Day
16
Month
02
Year
1909
Age
29
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Weir Hall Quarry
Mineral Worked
Gravel
Owner
William Griffiths & Co. Ltd
Location
County
Middlesex
Details of Event
When working in the quarry he was buried by a large fall of gravel. The presence of sandbacks and the working of a lower portion of the quarry face up to a face which had been standing for a considerable time, without leaving a ledge between them, were the causes of the fall.