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Surname
EVANS
Forename
Jenkin
Day
20
Month
08
Year
1900
Age
22
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Bwllfa, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bwllfa & Merthyr Dare Steam Collieries (1891) Ltd
Location
Aberdare
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
He had been holing under a face slip of coal which had been spragged an hour previously. A pounce occurred knocking out the sprag. He was in a sitting position when the coal, 4.5ft. x 1.25ft. x 2ft. 10ins. thick fell on him. Seven feet seam.