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Surname
FRANCIS
Forename
John
Day
08
Month
10
Year
1909
Age
40
Occupation
Roadman
Mine/Quarry Name
Caerau
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd
Location
Caerau
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
While laying a crossing from a set of rails to another roadway, he complained of being unwell, and died before he was conveyed out to the surface. At the inquest a doctor who had made a post-mortem examination stated that death was due to a rupture of the heart due to an overstrain.