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Surname
TONKIN
Forename
John
Day
30
Month
06
Year
1911
Age
17
Occupation
Winze-Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Geevor
Mineral Worked
Tin
Owner
North Levant & Geevor Ltd
Location
Pendeen
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
He had been sitting at the top of a winze waiting until it was time for the miners to fire their shots. Evidently he had been asleep, for he got up from the seat on which he had been sitting and stepped right into the winze.