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Surname
TIFFEN
Forename
Robert
Day
14
Month
07
Year
1902
Age
26
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Coanwood Quarry
Mineral Worked
Whinstone
Owner
Coanwood Whinstone Co. Ltd
Location
Harper Town
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
A charge of about 30 lb.. of gunpowder had been inserted in a fissure in the rock and the deceased men had lit the fuse when the charge exploded. Probably some grains of powder at the edge of the fissure were ignited and the charge thereby fired or it nay have been done by sparks from the burning fuse. 2 killed.