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Robert Roberts
| Age: | 10 |
| Died: | 18th Feb 1875 |
| Accident: | 18th Feb 1875 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1865 |
| Colliery: | Willoughby (Metalliferous) |
| Company: | Willoughby Mining Co. |
| Occupation: | Ore dresser |
| Notes: | This little fellow was employed feeding an ore crusher, and while so engaged put his foor between the rolls, which mutilated him so severely that he died in a few minutes |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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By Machinery.
The first case is that of a little boy of 10 years, who lost his life through putting his foot between the rolls of an ore-crusher which he was feeding, and which dragged in a great part of his body. The coroner and jury, in terms which I heartily endorsed, condemned the practice of employing children of such tender years, and rebuked the agent of the mine in a very severe manner for allowing this infant to attend to powerful and dangerous machinery.
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- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Anglesey, Brecon, Cardigan, etc. District by T. Fanning Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 376 Where to find this report
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Anglesey, Brecon, Cardigan, etc. District by T. Fanning Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 388, Accident Number: 4 Where to find this report
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