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Surname
SMITH
Forename
Alfred
Day
21
Month
04
Year
1913
Age
45
Occupation
Ripper
Mine/Quarry Name
Stanton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
J. & N. Nadin & Co.
Location
Stanton
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Two shots had been fired in the ripping lip of the gate road, and the place was afterwards examined by the deputy. The deceased was pulling down some loose stone at the gate side underneath where the stone had been blasted from when a large piece from above fell on his head and killed him instantly.