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Surname
MILES
Forename
Garnet
Day
02
Month
07
Year
1901
Age
16
Occupation
Collier Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Llanbradach, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cardiff Steam Coal Collieries Ltd
Location
Llanbradach
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall at face cliff. 4 ft by 1 ft by 5 ins thick, against which he had his hand, fell suddenly from the side of the ripping and injured him about the stomach so badly that he died next day. The collier and a prop drawer said that they tried the stone about 5 and 10 and minutes respectively before and found it solid. Four feet seam.