The Muizenberg is an underground marl quarry located in the southern part of the Cannerberg, largely belonging to the municipality of Riemst (Belgium), on the border of the Netherlands and Belgium west of boundary post 70.
The 8-hectare quarry largely collapsed (5.5 hectares) on 11 May 1926. The day before the collapse, rumors were circulating in the nearby village of Kanne that unusual earth movements were being observed in the quarry.
During the collapse, several block breakers were at work in haste to transport the last marl blocks from the quarry. At the time of the collapse, seven mushroom growers stood beside the entrance in a brick shelter.
The air pressure threw the seven people against the slope of the nearby road. Two of them were killed.
Four of the six people in the quarry tried to escape the collapse, but one of them died as a result of the air pressure. The two who remained in the quarry were buried by horse and carriage.
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