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Surname
WEBB
Forename
John
Day
12
Month
08
Year
1913
Age
49
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Raisby Hill Quarry
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
Raisby Hill Limestone Co. Ltd
Location
East Hetton
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased and another workman went to work early in the morning to blast down a large quantity of limestone before the general body of the men arrived. Everything was properly carried out and the charge fired. The men then ascended to the top of the quarry and went some 140 yards away along the edge of the face so that they might see the effect of the shot. When the charge, which was 48lbs of gunpowder in a vertical hole 13 feet 6 inches deep, exploded, a small stone was projected with great force and struck deceased upon the head, killing him instantly. The men could have obtained proper shelter in a cabin in the quarry, and in any case should have retired from the face edge.