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Surname
ELWARD
Forename
Richard
Day
03
Month
09
Year
1909
Age
49
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Wyndham
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cory Brothers & Co. Ltd
Location
Nantymoel
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
One of the steps of the stairway leading to the pitbank was broken between the day and night shifts, and deceased while ascending in the dark, missed his footing, overbalanced and fell a distance of 7 feet, and alighted upon his head. It appears a lighted torch was placed near the broken step as a warning.