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Peter Laydon
| Age: | 22 |
| Died: | 16th Jan 1911 |
| Accident: | 16th Jan 1911 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1889 |
| Colliery: | Raisby Hill (Limestone) |
| Company: | Raisby Hill Limestone Co. |
| Occupation: | Quarryman |
| Notes: | fell from a ledge and was killed |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Inside the Quarries :: Miscellaneous :: Falling from ledges |
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At Raisby Hill limestone quarry five quarrymen were working on a post or ledge 20 to 24 feet wide and 65 feet long, 35 feet below the top of the quarry. Two quarrymen were engaged in pinching over the edge of the ledge a large stone, one man being behind the stone and the other (the deceased) at one side. Suddenly the stone slipped forward, and the lever the deceased was using was jerked up and caught him in the side, and he was pitched headforemost over the edge of the face. He struck a ledge 7 feet down, and then fell a further distance of 77 feet.
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- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237) Where to find this report
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 48, Accident Number: 4 Where to find this report
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