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Surname
DAVID
Forename
John
Day
05
Month
10
Year
1905
Age
57
Occupation
Engine fitter
Mine/Quarry Name
Garth Merthyr (a)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Elder's Navigation Collieries Ltd
Location
Maesteg
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
He was so severely scalded by falling into an accumulation of hot water under the floor of an engine house owing to the choking of a drain pipe that he died soon afterwards. He knew of the choked pipe but apparently was not aware of the accumulated hot water.