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Surname
HAFFIE
Forename
Thomas
Day
19
Month
10
Year
1900
Age
30
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Mowbray
Mineral Worked
Iron Ore
Owner
Charles Cannell & Co. Ltd
Location
Frizington
County
Cumberland
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. He tried to light a roof hole with a candle on the end of a pole. Being apparently unsuccessful he went for a ladder and the shot exploded just as he get back to the working face.