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Surname
WEBSTER
Forename
William
Day
23
Month
10
Year
1905
Age
21
Occupation
Stone Dresser
Mine/Quarry Name
Barton Hill Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
John Prince Ltd
Location
Birchover
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
A large stone had been cut by machine near the top of the quarry face and was being unloaded when two of the cut stones fell over the quarry face and deceased who had liberated the chain holding them together fell while the stone. He died the same day.