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Surname
EVANS
Forename
Griffith John
Day
30
Month
09
Year
1914
Age
16
Occupation
Collier’s Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Ynysarwed Upper
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ynysardwed Collieries Co.
Location
Resolven
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of coal side at working face. His comrade had knocked out a sprag and went to assist a haulier, and as he went to fetch his light to also render assistance the coal fell and injured him. He walked home but died the same evening.