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Surname
M’CONNELL
Forename
Michael
Day
18
Month
07
Year
1903
Age
24
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Abergorky
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Burnyeat, Brown & Co. Ltd
Location
Treorchy
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Deceased was moving two wagons a distance of 20 yards on a gradient 1 in 29. He removed a scotch lifted the brake of the first wagon a got it into position. The second wagon followed on and crushed deceased between the buffers. The brake the second wagon is said to have be down.