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Surname
PREEDY
Forename
John
Day
28
Month
06
Year
1910
Age
41
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Cain Quarry
Mineral Worked
Ironstone
Owner
James Pain Ltd
Location
County
Northamptonshire
Details of Event
About five or six tons of overburden fell on to the top of the bed of ironstone, which was bared for a width of twenty feet. Part of this overburden went over the edge and knocked him down. His head struck a sharp angle of rock and his skull was fractured.