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Surname
STAFFORD
Forename
Hugh
Day
08
Month
03
Year
1900
Age
32
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Holderness Quarry
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
Samuel Taylor
Location
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
While charging a shot hole with Nahnsen's gelignite the charge exploded and caused deceased to fall with some stone down the quarry face. He was using a wooden rammer at the time and his fellow workmen said the cartridges were soft and there was no necessity to use a warming pan.