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Surname
LEE
Forename
Samuel
Day
16
Month
03
Year
1907
Age
44
Occupation
Deputy
Mine/Quarry Name
Arley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Arley Colliery Co.
Location
Arley
County
Warwickshire
Details of Event
Deceased had nearly completed the coupling up of a second shot of 12 ounces of Monobel powder in a stone heading when the charge exploded. A boy had been left to charge of the battery in a manhole some distance away near to which was the other end of the firing cable.