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Surname
QUINTRELL
Forename
Eli
Day
16
Month
02
Year
1904
Age
27
Occupation
Foreman
Mine/Quarry Name
Wheal Prosper Quarry
Mineral Worked
China Clay
Owner
Cornwall China Clay & Stone Co. Ltd
Location
Nanpean
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
After blasting he returned to the place on a ledge some 100 feet up from the bottom and when about to clear away some of the loosened ground a shell of ground fell from the face and carried him away with it 70 or 80 feet down the sloping face, causing injuries from which he died shortly afterwards.