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Surname
ROBINSON
Forename
Samuel
Day
16
Month
04
Year
1913
Age
54
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Pistyll Llwyd Quarry
Mineral Worked
Owner
Charles Thomas & Co.
Location
County
Camarthenshire
Details of Event
When pressing into a vertical shot hole, 3 feet 6 inches deep, the sixth pellet or cartridge of swalite with a long wooden rammer, the charge exploded. It is stated that the primer containing the detonator had not been inserted.