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William Charles Sleeman
| Age: | 26 |
| Died: | 7th May 1912 |
| Accident: | 7th May 1912 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1886 |
| Colliery: | Gwavas (Basalt) |
| Company: | Penlee and St. Ives Stone Quarries, Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Rockdrill man |
| Notes: | They were machine drilling a horizontal hole in the foot of the quarry face when a stone weighing some 10 to 12 tons broke off at a vertical joint or "queer" and fell from the face some 15-20 feet above them and killed them both. Four days prior to the accident there had been an attempt to move the stone by blasting, but without the desired result ; on each of these days the stone had been specially examined and it was considered to be safe |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Inside the Quarries :: Falls of Ground :: From beyond the person's own working place |
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- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Midland and Southern District (No. 8) by Hugh Johnstone, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 71, Accident Number: 4 Where to find this report
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