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Surname
WHITTAKER
Forename
Ernest William
Day
07
Month
05
Year
1912
Age
24
Occupation
Rock Driller
Mine/Quarry Name
Gwavas Quarry
Mineral Worked
Owner
Penlee & St Ives Stone Quarries Ltd
Location
Newlyn
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
They were machine drilling a horizontal hole in the foot of the quarry face when a stone weighing some 1 to 12 tons broke off at a vertical joint or "queer" and fell from the face some 15 to 20 feet above them and killed them both. Four days prior to the accident there had been an attempt to move the stone by blasting, but without the desired result on each of these days the stone had been specially examined and it was considered to be safe. 2 killed.