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Surname
NICKELL
Forename
Samuel
Day
08
Month
10
Year
1907
Age
32
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
South Phoenix
Mineral Worked
Tin
Owner
Cornish Consolidated Tin Mines Ltd
Location
Linkinhorne
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
Having lit one shot of gelignite he was engaged lighting a second with which he appears to have had some little delay when the first went off, and injured him so badly that he died on the 11th October. He evidently cut the fuses too short.