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Surname
EVANS
Forename
Griffith D.
Day
20
Month
04
Year
1900
Age
Occupation
Slate Getter
Mine/Quarry Name
Oakeley Quarry
Mineral Worked
Slate
Owner
Oakeley Slate Quarries Co. Ltd
Location
Blaenau Ffestiniog
County
Merionethshire
Details of Event
Fall of several tons of slate rock from the working face. Some caught deceased and inflicted injuries from which he died on the 27th. The rock had no doubt been shaken by a previous blast but deceased and his mate had examined it and considered it safe.