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Surname
EVANS
Forename
John
Day
10
Month
02
Year
1911
Age
38
Occupation
Slate Getter
Mine/Quarry Name
Oakeley Mine
Mineral Worked
Slate
Owner
Oakeley Slate Quarries Co. Ltd
Location
Blaenau Ffestiniog
County
Merionethshire
Details of Event
Fall of layer of rock measuring twelve by nine by one yards. A piece went over edge of gallery and struck him while on the working-face. He fell a distance of fifty-five feet. Died on the morrow.