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Surname
JONES
Forename
William
Day
18
Month
12
Year
1907
Age
23
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Dulais
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dulais Anthracite Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Onllwyn
County
Breconshire
Details of Event
A charge of Saxonite was placed in on a ledge of rock, covered by clay, and fired by an electric battery. Deceased who was standing in the roadway 86ft outbye of the shothole, was struck by the projected stones and so severely injured that he died almost immediately.