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Surname
EVANS
Forename
David
Day
06
Month
12
Year
1906
Age
24
Occupation
Stone headingman
Mine/Quarry Name
Ponthenry
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ponthenry Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Pont-Henri
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
A shot hole, charged with Saxonite, exploded while the men were ramming the charge home with an iron bar. No detonator had been placed in the hole. The weather being frosty the explosive could not have been in a fit state for use.