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Surname
HUGHES
Forename
Hugh
Day
02
Month
07
Year
1903
Age
40
Occupation
Stoneman
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitehaven
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Whitehaven Colliery Co
Location
Whitehaven
County
Cumberland
Details of Event
Ten shots were to be fired at the face of a stone drift. Two shots charged with geloxite were connected to the battery to be fired first as sumping shots but only one exploded. Deceased and three other men went to the face and were examining it when a large stone fell off the face upon him.