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Surname
O’NEIL
Forename
Robert
Day
26
Month
01
Year
1906
Age
41
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Ballyboylan Quarry
Mineral Worked
Whinstone
Owner
Midland (Northern Counties) Railway Co.
Location
County
Antrim, Ireland
Details of Event
Premature explosion of 9lbs. of gelignite whilst charging a breast hole 12 feet deep, using a wood stemmer 9lbs weight, in all probability a frozen cartridge was inadvertently placed in the hole. 2 killed.