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Surname
WEAR
Forename
William Heslop
Day
24
Month
11
Year
1913
Age
40
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Mill Knock Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
Forster Reed & Co.
Location
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged preparing a bed close to the bottom of the quarry for a stone which had been sprung by a shot, to fall on. It is supposed that he most have loosened some part of the rock that was holding the upper portion, for the whole piece to the shot-hole, over 12 tons in weight, came away and caught him. The stone, though overhanging and sprung by the shot, was considered to be quite safe.