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Surname
EVANS
Forename
Robert
Day
15
Month
08
Year
1914
Age
40
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Mountain (b)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Swansea Navigation Collieries Ltd
Location
Gorseinon
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof in a heading road. Acting under instructions of the fireman, he was drawing out a pair of timber so as to make height, when the whole roadway, in front and behind him, fell in killing him on the spot. Some comrades escaped.