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Surname
TREVENA
Forename
Samuel
Day
09
Month
08
Year
1911
Age
67
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Poldory & Sunny Corner
Mineral Worked
Tin
Owner
Sunny Corner & Poldory Syndicate Ltd
Location
St Day
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
He was standing on a staging, which he had himself erected, in a shallow shaft whilst the ladders and casing boards were being withdrawn. The staging gave way, and he and another man fell to the bottom of the shaft. He was fatally injured, but the second man was unhurt.