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Surname
EVANS
Forename
Owen G.
Day
18
Month
03
Year
1908
Age
58
Occupation
Slate Getter
Mine/Quarry Name
Dinorwic Quarry
Mineral Worked
Slate
Owner
Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith
Location
Llanberis
County
Caernarfonshire
Details of Event
A charge consisting of 10lbs. of blasting gelatine and 15lbs. of gelignite exploded, while it was being forcibly pushed into a shot hole. The explosives were frozen, and only a portion of them had been thawed. 2 killed.