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Surname
DUNSTAN
Forename
R.
Day
12
Month
04
Year
1907
Age
46
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Basset
Mineral Worked
Tin
Owner
Basset Mines Ltd
Location
Carnkie
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
Through his omission to signal to the surface, that he was about to put trams on the cage at the 260-fathom level of Marriott’s Shaft, the cage was drawn up without a signal in accordance with practice before the trams were properly hitched, and they fell out on him. He was temporarily acting as hitcher.