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- Surname
- HUGHES
- Forename
- John
- Day
- 17
- Month
- 02
- Year
- 1914
- Age
- 46
- Occupation
- Slate Getter
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Croesor Quarry
- Mineral Worked
- Slate
- Owner
- Park & Croesor Slate Quarries Co. Ltd
- Location
- Croesor
- County
- Merionethshire
- Details of Event
- While he and others were engaged in dismantling an underground bridge, it suddenly collapsed under them, and they fell with it to a depth of 46 feet. Hughes was killed instantaneously. One of the men sustained fractures of the skull and leg while two others were slightly injured.
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