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Surname
EVANS
Forename
Richard
Day
17
Month
07
Year
1909
Age
35
Occupation
Slate Getter
Mine/Quarry Name
Votty & Bowydd Quarry
Mineral Worked
Slate
Owner
Votty & Bowydd Slate Quarries Co. Ltd
Location
Blaenau Ffestiniog
County
Merionethshire
Details of Event
A block of slate weighing about 10 cwt., which was suspended in the chain of a four-legged derrick, fell on him while he was underneath examining it. Killed instantaneously.