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Surname
VERNON
Forename
Joseph
Day
12
Month
08
Year
1907
Age
54
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Great Rocks Quarry
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
Buxton Lime Firms Co.
Location
Buxton
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Premature explosion of gunpowder while lighting the gunpowder tape fuse of a shot containing 115lbs of gunpowder, using an ordinary wooden match. This hole was horizontal and not sealed at the entrance, nor was it tamped with stemming.