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Surname
COOMBE
Forename
Simon
Day
30
Month
10
Year
1911
Age
18
Occupation
Trammer
Mine/Quarry Name
Wheal Kitty
Mineral Worked
Tin
Owner
Wheal Kitty & Penhalls United Ltd
Location
St Agnes
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
He was employed on the afternoon shift to tram ore from a chute on the level to the shaft. During the shift he went into a stope, where the men had blasted at the end of the previous shift, to see how much ore there was, and whilst there some ground fell from the hanging wall and killed him. If the place had been examined the same shift after blasting, and all loose ground pulled down, the accident might have been avoided.