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Surname
DAVIES
Forename
Robert
Day
11
Month
08
Year
1913
Age
55
Occupation
Rockman
Mine/Quarry Name
Moeltryfan Quarry
Mineral Worked
Slate
Owner
Moeltryfan Slate & Slab Quarry Co. Ltd
Location
Pen-y-ffridd
County
Caernarfonshire
Details of Event
He and another were blasting upper position of fall - he was suspended from a rope preparing to visit a charge of gunpowder - rope slipped and caused him to fall 60ft.