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Surname
SUNDERLAND
Forename
J.J.
Day
12
Month
03
Year
1902
Age
49
Occupation
Engineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Thornley Lane Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
Herbert Widdup
Location
Midgley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was lifting a 9-ton stone from one side of the quarry to the other with a jib crane. For some unknown reason he threw the engine out of gear with the result that the machinery was wrecked and the boiler rolled upon him and killed him.