Moss Rigg (Slate)

Birkett, Joseph John, 04 Nov 1912, aged 30, Miner, he had just commenced boring a hole in the roof, and for this purpose was standing on a ladder 42 feet long; the ladder either broke or was in some other way displaced, and he fell to the floor

Hogan, Daniel, 24 Feb 1898, aged 36, Quarryman, He had conveyed a 50 lb. cask of gunpowder from the magazine to a smaller store, where he purposed filling several powder bottles. He had only been in the building a few minutes when an explosion occurred. It is impossible to say what caused the accident. He had been observed attempting to open the cask in a way likely to provoke an explosion ; but circumstantial evidence tended to demonstrate that the barrel had been safely opened prior to the explosion. He was a trusted workman, and in the absence of the foreman was authorized to open powder casks [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Rigg, John, 09 Apr 1906, aged 23, Quarryman, staging collapsed [More information ...]

Shaw, John, 28 Aug 1893, aged 50, Quarryman, died suddenly in the quarry from heart disease