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Surname
SELLERS
Forename
Joseph
Day
30
Month
10
Year
1901
Age
39
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Best Hill Quarry
Mineral Worked
Gritstone
Owner
Whitehead & Hague
Location
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Fall of rock from the quarry face. The rock fell from a clay joint 11 feet above where deceased was working, and if a proper daily examination had been made, its existence might have been discovered, and precautionary measures taken to prevent an accident.