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Surname
GRIFFITHS
Forename
John
Day
08
Month
02
Year
1908
Age
62
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Yniscedwyn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Wales Anthracite Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Ystradgynlais
County
Breconshire
Details of Event
While cutting, with an axe, a wedge to place on the top of a prop, he cut his knee. Ultimately the wound formed into an abscess and he died from blood poisoning on 19th June.