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Surname
EVANS
Forename
Benjamin
Day
18
Month
05
Year
1908
Age
50
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Aber
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cory Brothers & Co. Ltd
Location
Ogmore Vale
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face; an old trial level used as a water course was being reopened and enlarged, when a quantity of alluvial ground burst away the face supports and suffocated the men before they could be recovered. The depth from surface was probably 12 yards to the face of the level. Naked lights. 2 killed.