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- Surname
- LEONARD
- Forename
- Roger
- Day
- 22
- Month
- 01
- Year
- 1912
- Age
- 18
- Occupation
- Collier Boy
- Mine/Quarry Name
- New Cwmgorse
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- New Cwmgorse Colliery Co. Ltd
- Location
- Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
- County
- Glamorganshire
- Details of Event
- Fall of roof at face after shot firing. With his father and two comrades deceased returned to the face after a shot had been fired. The shot evidently caused a post to discharge, with the result that a large stone fell and caught the lad before he could get clear.
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