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Surname
LEWIS
Forename
Gomer
Day
18
Month
08
Year
1908
Age
19
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Brynteg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Evans & Bevan
Location
Seven Sisters
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face; while crawling along the floor at the face to procure a tool, a bell-stone 5 feet, by 3 feet 6 inches, by 1 foot in thickness in the centre, and surrounded by five props, fell, and injured him so severely that he died on September 8th. 1908. Red Vein. Naked lights.