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Surname
DAVIES
Forename
Richard
Day
17
Month
10
Year
1913
Age
25
Occupation
Haulier
Mine/Quarry Name
Coegnant
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
North's Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd
Location
Nantyffyllon
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on roadway. When helping to clear a fall, a tram was discovered under it; a Sylvester pulling jack was hitched on to the tram and the other end of the post; instead of the tram coming away, the post was pulled out and a fall occurred killing him.