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Surname
ROBERTS
Forename
Robert
Day
14
Month
06
Year
1900
Age
64
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Gatewen
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Broughton & Plaspower Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Wrexham
County
Denbighshire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased had just coupled the cable to a charge of electronite and having requested his son who was present to assist him and who through some misunderstanding turned the handle of the battery before his father had got away from the place of shot causing him to be fatally injured.