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Surname
HUGHES
Forename
George
Day
19
Month
08
Year
1914
Age
41
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Brynteg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Evans & Bevan
Location
Seven Sisters
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
A shot blew through from a stone drift into another drift driven to meet it and he was struck and killed by the debris. The men in the other drift had been warned that the fuse had been lighted and they were retreating when he returned for his waistcoat, and the shot then went off.