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Surname
OWEN
Forename
Thomas
Day
03
Month
11
Year
1903
Age
35
Occupation
Slate Getter
Mine/Quarry Name
Oakeley Quarry
Mineral Worked
Slate
Owner
Oakeley Slate Quarries Co. Ltd
Location
Blaenau Ffestiniog
County
Merionethshire
Details of Event
While he and his mate were moving a so called hand-crane one of the legs was shifted too far so that the 'crane' fell upon them. Thomas Owen died a fortnight later and the other man had his ribs fractured.