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Surname
GILBERT
Forename
John
Day
25
Month
09
Year
1911
Age
32
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
St Ives Consols
Mineral Worked
Tin
Owner
St Ives Consolidated Mines Ltd
Location
St Ives
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
He, with two others, was engaged widening a shaft. He was standing on a ledge of ground on the hanging wall, 6ft. above a fixed scaffold, filling the skip with debris. The ledge of ground fell away and precipitated him and the scaffold into the water below. After the fall it was seen that a slip or "soapy head" had formed the back of this ground. If he had worn the life line which was provided he would probably have been saved.