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Surname
NAISH
Forename
John
Day
09
Month
12
Year
1905
Age
43
Occupation
Foreman
Mine/Quarry Name
Ifton Quarry
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
Ifton Limestone Co. Ltd
Location
Llanfihangel
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Explosion of gelignite. He had placed 10 lbs. of gelignite in a hole which had been drilled the previous day, 16 feet deep under water level, which had probably sludged up 5 or 6 feet and finding that the charge would not go so deeply into the hole as he expected by using a leaden pipe, he apparently thinking it was hung into hole, got a steel drill, which he rammed into the explosive. He told his comrade to be ready to drop the electric primer in directly he removed the drill, in order that dirt should not get between them, but on withdrawing the drill the gelignite exploded, and he was thrown into the air and 6 yards away from the hole. He had been foreman at the quarry for a number of years, and should have known better. His comrade was slightly injured.