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Surname
EVANS
Forename
Thomas
Day
16
Month
01
Year
1907
Age
43
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Coegnant
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd
Location
Nantyffyllon
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on road while enlarging a double parting near the bottom of the shaft, it was found necessary to extract timber set under the roof. A Sylvester timber extractor was used for one pair of timbers but in consequence of the next pair being so firmly embedded in the floor an axe was used to weaken one arm prior to withdrawing it by machine. The arm was cut away about half through its diameter when it collapsed and a huge fall resulted. He was found to be dead when extricated. New seam. Safety lamps.