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Surname
JONES
Forename
Richard
Day
10
Month
12
Year
1903
Age
41
Occupation
Shaftsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Dolcoath
Mineral Worked
Tin
Owner
Dolcoath Mine Ltd
Location
Camborne
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
He fell from the 314 fathom level in the Wheal Harriett Shaft to the 375 fathom level where he was found dead. The timber carrying the road over the shaft which is underlaying had decayed and upon his stepping on it after getting out of the gig it fell away with him. The man in charge of the signals sending the men up had not realised that a hole which he had noticed and over which he had thrown a few boards indicated a decayed condition of the bearers. The shaft men had repaired the part of the collar nearer the shaft only a few weeks before without observing the condition of these timbers.