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Surname
DAVIS
Forename
George
Day
07
Month
09
Year
1905
Age
38
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Vaynor Quarry
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
Crawshay Brothers, Cyfartha, Ltd
Location
Trefechan
County
Breconshire
Details of Event
Deceased was taking a wagon filled with limestone out of the quarry, along a falling gradient. He was seen riding on the buffer of the wagon as it entered a tunnel 20 yards long and soon after a scream was heard, and he was found lying on the ground badly injured. He was most likely crushed against the side of the tunnel at a spot where there was only 27ins. between the rail and the side. He had done the work for many years. He died in two days.