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Surname
TURNBULL
Forename
William Charlton
Day
15
Month
08
Year
1905
Age
28
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Corbridge Quarry
Mineral Worked
Clay
Owner
Middlemass
Location
Corbridge
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Died Aug. 16th. Deceased was working in a clay pit not 20 feet deep therefore the accident does not come under the Quarries Act. A mass of clay amounting to about 1 ton fell from a face 14 feet deep, relieved by a crack, the existence of which was known. Deceased had been warned by a fellow workman to stand clear as it was not safe. He took a shovel and tried to lever it down at the side and jumped in the wrong direction when it fell.