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Surname
CLOUGH
Forename
William
Day
11
Month
03
Year
1908
Age
18
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Lewis Graigola
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lewis Graigola Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Clydach
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of side at face while working away a stump of coal which separated two spaces which had been undercut, the holed coal gave way and fell upon him. No sprags had been set against the overhanging coal. This accident would not have occurred at the coal hid been properly supported by sprags. Graigola Seam. Naked lights.