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Surname
COLLEY
Forename
William
Day
20
Month
12
Year
1907
Age
29
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Wyndham
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cory Brothers & Co. Ltd
Location
Nantymoel
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of side at face while he was loosening a sprag set against a face slip of coal, the whole of the coal took to crush out and a prop in the side was knocked out. The prop struck him so violently on the head that he died in six hours time without regaining consciousness. The coal seam was 7 ft in thickness, and the face was worked nearly parallel with the slips. Six feet seam. Safety lamps.