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Surname
PRISK
Forename
Joseph
Day
04
Month
07
Year
1911
Age
33
Occupation
Assistant Electrician
Mine/Quarry Name
Dolcoath
Mineral Worked
Tin
Owner
Dolcoath Mine Ltd
Location
Camborne
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
He was renewing the electric cable in a shaft, when the sollar on which he was standing gave way and he was precipitated into the shaft and killed. The boards of which the sollar was made were rotten, but were said to have been carefully examined a day or two before and their condition not to have been noticed.