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Surname
DAVIES
Forename
Christmas
Day
05
Month
07
Year
1913
Age
28
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Wynnstay
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wynnstay Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Ruabon
County
Denbighshire
Details of Event
Whilst he was working at the coal face, a stone similar to a pothole and measuring 4 feet 1 inch by 2 feet 10 inches by 6 inches fell on him from a slippy parting and fractured his spine. The roof from which the stone fell was timbered to within 3 feet of the coal. He died on 28th August, 1913.