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Surname
HUGHES
Forename
John Owen
Day
01
Month
12
Year
1913
Age
45
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Penmaen Quarry
Mineral Worked
Diorite
Owner
Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co. Ltd
Location
Penmaenmawr
County
Caernarfonshire
Details of Event
About 18lbs. of gunpowder exploded prematurely while it was being inserted into a machine drilled hole with a copper scoop. The charge was probably exploded by a movement of rock masses along cracks formed by a previous springing shot.