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Surname
SMITH
Forename
John
Day
23
Month
12
Year
1903
Age
68
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Wilderness Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
Forest of Dean Stone Firms Ltd
Location
Mitcheldean
County
Gloucestershire
Details of Event
Fall or slide of a large mass of sandstone rock and rubbish from above where they were filling boxes for the crane. The bed of stone lies on a thin bed of marl dipping at a high angle this in consequence of the wet weather caused the e stone to slide away suddenly from joints which released it as the gutter which had been only just cut through at the bottom for the purpose of working this bed of stone was narrow these men were unable to get away. It does not appear to have given any previous indication of being loose. 2 killed.