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Surname
MORGAN
Forename
Thomas
Day
30
Month
01
Year
1903
Age
28
Occupation
Haulier
Mine/Quarry Name
Pentre (a)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cory Brothers & Co. Ltd
Location
Pentre
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall on road cliff 11ft. by 2ft. by 5ft. thick crushed two pairs of timbers out and buried deceased and his horse. The timbers which had only been standing three week, had been lagged but there had been no packing put on the lags which were two feet from the roof. If the space between the lags and the roof had been packed with rubbish or timber the side squeeze would not have crushed out the timbers. Five feet seam.