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Surname
PREECE
Forename
Morgan
Day
06
Month
10
Year
1911
Age
43
Occupation
Quarry Foreman
Mine/Quarry Name
Duffryn Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
D.E.K. Davies
Location
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
While barring stone on a ledge 6 feet wide and 17 feet from bottom of the quarry, the bar struck into a crack, causing him to overbalance, and he fell off the ledge. A rope was provided, but the place did not appear dangerous.