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Surname
MORGAN
Forename
George
Day
26
Month
04
Year
1909
Age
21
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Trefor Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lewis' Merthyr Consolidated Collieries Ltd
Location
Trehafod
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall on road, cliff, 14 feet by 9 feet y 3 feet thick, crushed out four pairs of timber and fell on deceased as they were walking out along their stall-road at the end of the shift. The roof was much broken up with smooth slips, and the road was not far from a small fault. A sudden and sharp crush must have occurred. Five feet seam. 2 killed.