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Surname
TREVENA
Forename
William
Day
25
Month
11
Year
1909
Age
38
Occupation
Stoper
Mine/Quarry Name
Dolcoath
Mineral Worked
Tin
Owner
Dolcoath Mine Ltd
Location
Camborne
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
A fall of roof or hanging wall occurred some fathoms above where he and others were working. The stone alighted on the floor or footwall and broke. The main part of the fall passed his two comrades, but whether it struck him or in his attempt to take refuge he fell from the arch of ground on which he was standing to where be was found (about 12 feet) is unknown. His skull was fractured and he died in hospital the same evening. Two days previously the place bad been examined by the men themselves right down from the stall above, and it was visited by the shift-boss daily. The underground agent was there the day before.