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Surname
PASCOE
Forename
Norman
Day
29
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
21
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Dolcoath
Mineral Worked
Tin
Owner
Dolcoath Mine Ltd
Location
Camborne
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
He was riding on the front of the first of two full trams of ore, each loaded 6 inches above the top, and drawn by a pony. As he proceeded outbye along the level, his acetylene light went out, said by himself to have been due to concussion caused by blasting, and instead of stopping to re-light his lamp he continued his journey in the dark. While sitting upright his head came in contact with a piece of low roof, the position of which he had misjudged, and he was knocked backwards on the top of the ore, a piece of which penetrated his spine. He died two days later.