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Surname
BARROW
Forename
Robert
Day
29
Month
10
Year
1909
Age
54
Occupation
Signalman
Mine/Quarry Name
Penrikyber, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Penrikyber Navigation Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Penrhiwceiber
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Owing to a serious underground fire, referred to elsewhere in this Report, the men were ordered to leave the workings by the return airways. Deceased, however, persisted in going out along a main intake and endless rope haulageway. The heat of the fire caused the haulage ropes to break, and the full and empty trams ran down the drift and killed deceased.