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Surname
BYRNE
Forename
Owen
Day
20
Month
06
Year
1911
Age
57
Occupation
Quarrier
Mine/Quarry Name
Tinakilly Quarry
Mineral Worked
Granite
Owner
Murtha Geoghegan Co.
Location
County
Wicklow, Ireland
Details of Event
Fall of ground from beyond control, overhung, slid from a back or joint at an angle of 45 degrees. Deceased bad warning and ran 5 yards, when he was overtaken by the fall, this was 30 feet in length, 15 feet across at the top, then tapering to a point at the bottom, 15 feet in height at the front.