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Surname
LEWIS
Forename
Joseph
Day
02
Month
11
Year
1907
Age
22
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Cae-glas
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Caeglas Anthracite Colliery Co.
Location
Pontyberem
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
A shot-hole 3ft. 9ins. was being was bored through a pillar of coal and charged from both sides with two and a half cartridges of Saxonite. The fuse was lighted on one side, and the charge exploded before the man on the other side of the pillar had left the hole. This was a reckless proceeding on the part of the miners concerned and the result so far as the blowing out of the shot just what might have been expected.