25th November 1920
Edinburgh man is killed in Jersey quarry
Alexander Mackintosh survived the First World War and was awarded the Mons Star for service in France and Belgium. Yet the 25-year-old Edinburgh man was killed in a landslide at St Aubin’s quarry, having come to Jersey in search of work.
He wasn’t the first to suffer such a fate. A man had been killed and his mate injured excavating a hill that collapsed on them and, in 1873, French labourer Pierre Audrin was killed while excavating stone for repairing roads. He’d been working in the quarry on his own and lay dead under a large pile of stone for two hours before being discovered.
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Deputy moots congestion charge for Jersey
- The idea of introducing a congestion charge on Jersey was suggested as a way of reducing traffic on the island's roads.
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Fort Regent construction work begins
- Fort Regent was built at one of the highest point of Jersey, where it could keep watch over St Helier and the harbour.
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The States votes to flood Queen’s Valley
- The States of Jersey votes in favour of flooding Queen's Valley to create a new reservoir to meet the island's water needs.
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Fire service cleans up corrosive spill at the power station
- A corrosive spill at the power station managed to eat through two pumps before it could all be gathered up and safely contained.
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