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Surname
MOORE
Forename
Edwin
Day
20
Month
07
Year
1901
Age
29
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Fochriw, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Guest Keen & Co. Ltd
Location
Fochriw
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
While waiting near a brattice sheet placed under a small opening in the roof he was burned by an ignition of firedamp presumably brushed down from the crevice by the passing of horse and haulier under the sheet. Naked lights used.