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Surname
JONES
Forename
William
Day
21
Month
10
Year
1905
Age
54
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Graigh Fach Quarry
Mineral Worked
Owner
William Jones
Location
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
Deceased who worked the quarry himself, was engaged in blasting operations, and in some unexplained manner a charge of about 20lbs. of gunpowder, which he had put into a crack, exploded before he left the spot, and he was instantaneously killed.