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Surname
LEWIS
Forename
William
Day
01
Month
10
Year
1914
Age
37
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Graig Merthyr
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Graigola Merthyr Co. Ltd
Location
Pontarddulais
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on old horse haulage road. When in the act of putting a chain of a Sylvester prop drawing appliance around an "arm" of timber the "collar" above suddenly broke down and he was killed by a fall of roof.