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Surname
JAMES
Forename
David
Day
26
Month
11
Year
1913
Age
32
Occupation
Hitcher
Mine/Quarry Name
Emlyn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Emlyn Anthracite Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Pen-y-groes
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on main haulage road. As he was riding up a steep gradient on a journey of loaded trams, the trams jumped the rails at a curve and dislodged three or four pairs of timber the roof above fell and killed him.