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Surname
MORRISSY
Forename
Cornelius
Day
15
Month
07
Year
1913
Age
25
Occupation
Assistant Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Gurnos
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Gurnos Anthracite Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Ystradgynlais
County
Breconshire
Details of Event
Fall of side on heading. Having tried to pull some stones down from the side of a heading with a mandrill, and failed, he went to fetch a bar to do the work. As he came back to the spot the stones fell and fractured his spine. He died 13th February, 1914.