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Surname
MORGAN
Forename
William
Day
17
Month
12
Year
1908
Age
29
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Abergorky, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Burnyeat, Brown & Co. Ltd
Location
Treorchy
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face, cliff, 5 feet by 3 feet by 22 inches thick, crushed out two props, and fell on deceased. A fall of roof had taken place a week previously, and deceased was working the coal away past it, to reopen the face. Two props were said to have been set under it, and a sprag against it. Gorllwyn seam.