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Surname
JONES
Forename
Thomas (injured)
Day
18
Month
05
Year
1912
Age
34
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Rhondda Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lewis' Merthyr Consolidated Collieries Ltd
Location
Ogmore Vale
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Whilst a bowk of debris was being wound up a sinking shaft, the link connecting the chains of bowk to the winding rope snapped and it fell to the bottom of the shaft. The deceased was struck and killed by one of the stones from bowk. Four others were injured.