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Surname
CLARKE
Forename
Charles
Day
15
Month
06
Year
1901
Age
27
Occupation
Assistant repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Hafod (a).
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lewis' Merthyr Consolidated Collieries Ltd
Location
Trehafod
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on road while attempting to draw a pair of timbers with Silvester's patent drawer the pair of timbers to which it was attached discharged instead of the pair which was being drawn and Clarke and his partner were buried among the rubbish. His partner was rescued alive but Clarke was smothered. Four feet seam.