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Surname
WILD
Forename
Charles
Day
09
Month
09
Year
1907
Age
24
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Foxes Bridge
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Foxesbridge Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Newnham
County
Gloucestershire
Details of Event
Explosion of compressed powder while charging a hole. It appears that a copper pricker was being used for inserting the powder, but whether the explosion resulted from its use or from a spark from a candle is uncertain. He died on the 20th October from the result of his injuries.