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Surname
WORE
Forename
William
Day
09
Month
06
Year
1914
Age
30
Occupation
Engine Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Penbough China Clay Quarry
Mineral Worked
China Clay
Owner
Mid-Cornwall Coal Co.
Location
St Stephen in Brannel
County
Cornwall
Details of Event
Deceased was attending to an enginewhich was arranged for hauling and pumping. The pumping gear only was at work at the time of the accident. He, presumably - no one saw the accident occur - had been pouring melted grease into a bearing situated between a fly wheel and a rope drive pinion wheel, when his clothing had been caught and he thrown violently to the ground and killed. The bearing he was attending to had was provided with a proper lubricator, but this had been broken and not replaced. Neither the fly wheel nor the rope drive pinion wheel was guarded by fencing.