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Surname
JENKINS
Forename
Henry
Day
02
Month
12
Year
1907
Age
17
Occupation
Assistant repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Glyncymmer
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Glenavon Garw Collieries Ltd
Location
Cymmer
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on road. Four men including Jenkins had been engaged for several hours in clearing a fall of roof on a main haulage read, and had nearly completed their task when a further fall occurred which injured Jenkins so severely that he died in two hours after having been extricated. No.2 Rhondda. Naked lights.