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Tragedy Cornish local newspaper, the St Austell Voice, carries in its edition of Wednesday April 23, the front-page news of the tragic death of George Musgrave who, with his wife Barbara, ran the Polmassick Vineyard in St. Ewe, Cornwall. According to the newspaper's report, Mr Musgrave was injured on April 15 by a pallet of bottles which fell from a lorry he was helping to guide and which was delivering new bottles to the winery. He was airlifted to the Royal Cornwall Hospital where he died later from his injuries. Before his retirement in 2006 at the age of 64, Mr Musgrave, who was an accountant by profession, had been a key figure in the Eden project as its Funding Grants Co-ordinator and Tim Smit, Eden's Chief Executive paid tribute to his part in the success of that project and its predecessor, the Lost Gardens of Heligan, (which he advised when he worked for the Rural Development Commission) and his contribution to Cornwall which had been his home for 21 years and said he will be sadly missed. Mr Musgrave's death in this tragic accident at his vineyard may well be the first death to take place in a modern English vineyard. No doubt the exact cause will be determined by the Coroner's Inquest and it is likely that the Health & Safety Executive will carry out an investigation as it was an accident in the workplace. We send our sympathy to his wife and family www.viticulture.co.uk - 26 April 2008 - with acknowledgements to the St.Austell Voice |
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