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Surname
WALLIS
Forename
George
Day
26
Month
10
Year
1914
Age
42
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Tunnel Quarry
Mineral Worked
Chalk
Owner
Tunnel Portland Cement Co. Ltd
Location
County
Essex
Details of Event
Deceased was riding on the last of four loaded side tipping wagons which were coupled together and were running by gravity along a tram road dipping 1 in 50 and 6 feet 5 inches from the edge of the quarry. Owing to some unexplained cause, the rear wagon became derailed and uncoupled. Deceased was thrown upon the slope of the ballast between the tram toad and the quarry. The wagon tilted over and took him with it into the quarry. He fell a distance of 37 feet on to the slope of a chalk mill, whence he rebounded and fell a further distance of 25 feet on to the quarry floor and was killed on the spot. He had been employed on similar work for many years.