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Surname
JONES
Forename
Griffith
Day
26
Month
05
Year
1914
Age
63
Occupation
Slate-Getter
Mine/Quarry Name
Oakeley Mine
Mineral Worked
Slate
Owner
Oakeley Slate Quarries Co. Ltd
Location
Blaenau Ffestiniog
County
Merionethshire
Details of Event
His skull was fractured by a stone that fell off a ledge on the wall of an underground chamber He died on June 26th. The stone is supposed to have been projected on to the ledge by a shot fired some hours previously.