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Surname
TERSERUS
Forename
J.R.
Day
14
Month
05
Year
1909
Age
22
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Harlington Road Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
James Cavill
Location
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Another man and the deceased were raising a box of stone from the quarry by means of a double-handed crane. When he load was high enough to swing round, Terserus took on the handle he had used and applied the brake so that his follow workman could detach the other handle. The brake proved ineffective and the load ran back into the quarry with the result that the gearing wheels of the crane broke, and Terserus was fatally injured by one of the flying pieces of iron. The crane should have been fitted with a catch.