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Surname
DAVIES
Forename
Evan H.
Day
07
Month
10
Year
1907
Age
39
Occupation
Undermanager
Mine/Quarry Name
Cwmnantllwyd, Drift No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Wales Primrose Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Gellynudd
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
A vertical boiler burst while Davies was standing near it. He was killed instantaneously, and an engineman was severely scalded. The boiler had not been properly inspected for some years and the plates had been eaten away.