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Surname
BROOKS
Forename
Herbert
Day
25
Month
08
Year
1911
Age
22
Occupation
Rope Runner
Mine/Quarry Name
Perserverance Quarry
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
Buxton Lime Firms Co. Ltd
Location
Peak Dale
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
He was riding up an incline of 1 in 7 in front of the first of two full quarry waggons when he slipped and fell. He was crushed between the wagon and a guide pulley at the side of the rails. The speed of the wagons was about four miles per hour.