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Surname
PENALUNA
Forename
Ernest
Day
27
Month
05
Year
1900
Age
19
Occupation
Assistant Shaftsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Dolcoath
Mineral Worked
Tin
Owner
Dolcoath Mine Ltd
Location
Camborne
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
Fell from a plank used as a scaffold in the shaft at the 140 fathom level where he and others were repairing guides &c which had been broken in consequence of a skip falling away the result of a broken rope. He died just as he was got to the surface six hours after in accident.