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Surname
ALLEN
Forename
Walter William
Day
07
Month
01
Year
1907
Age
41
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Holbrook, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
J. & G. Wells Ltd
Location
Killamarsh
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Deceased was supposed to have been sent to test the ends of a firing cable near to which lay a charge of 16 ounces of Monobel powder. The shot-firer turned the current of a magneto battery into the cable when the charge exploded and killed the deceased.