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Surname
WATSON
Forename
William
Day
27
Month
02
Year
1901
Age
29
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Rotherhope Fell
Mineral Worked
Lead
Owner
Vieille Montagne Zinc Co.
Location
Alston Moor
County
Cumberland
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. No direct evidence was forthcoming as to how this accident occurred deceased being alone at the time. He had left the working place to prepare charges and his body was subsequently found hanging by one foot from the ladder in the rise. The explosives were stored midway in the rise and the detonator had probably been ignited by his candle either when preparing the charge or when he was climbing the ladder with the prepared charges in his hand.