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Surname
LEWIS
Forename
David J.
Day
31
Month
05
Year
1905
Age
19
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Brook Drift
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face; buried beneath a fall of the cliff roof, extending several yards along the face, which had apparently been fairly well propped. A ‘kind slip’ coming down in line with the coal was afterwards discovered. Red vein.