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Edward Roberts
| Age: | 21 |
| Died: | 9th Dec 1875 |
| Accident: | 9th Dec 1875 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1854 |
| Colliery: | Holland's (Slate) |
| Company: | Holland and Co. |
| Occupation: | Quarryman |
| Notes: | The water wheel working the machinery at which the deceased was engaged dressing slates had, as he thought, become firmly fixed by ice, and wanting to set it free he rashly jumped upon the top of the wheel. His weight at once sent it rapidly round, and being unable to get off he was so shockingly crushed and mutilated that he died next day |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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By Machinery.
No. 26 was of a very simple nature, and was brought about solely through the rashness of the sufferer. A water wheel which worked the machinery at which he was dressing slates had become fixed by ice, and being impatient to begin to work he jumped on the top of the wheel, and without taking any precautions for his own safety, began to remove the ice. While he was thus engaged, the wheel, impelled by his weight, turned so rapidly round that he could not get off, and he was crushed so severely against the end of the trough that he died the following day. This is the third accident of this nature which has occurred during my inspectorship.
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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: 377 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: 393, Accident Number: 26 Where to find this report
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