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Surname
TREHARNE
Forename
M.D.
Day
24
Month
03
Year
1910
Age
26
Occupation
Stoneman
Mine/Quarry Name
Great Mountain
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Great Mountain Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Tumble
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
The explosion of a shot of Saxonite fired by electric battery, while deceased was close to it at the face of a stone drift, resulted in injuries from which he died on the 1st April, 1910. The evidence concerning the accident was unsatisfactory, but it is probable the shot had missed fire that deceased went to it to test the cable against the shield of his lamp, when by some blunder the shot was fired. There had been great carelessness in the use of explosives in consequence of which proceedings were taken against the owner and manager and convictions obtained.