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Surname
MOSES
Forename
Gwillym
Day
22
Month
02
Year
1909
Age
18
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Gilwen
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Gilwen Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Cwm twrch Uchaf
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of side at face while preparing a place for a prop against a high face of rippings, a stone, 4 feet 8 inches by 2 feet 9 inches one end, and 1 foot 7 inches the other, by 1 foot 7 inches in thickness, fell away from pressure breaks formed in the strata, and killed him instantaneously. Strong sprags should have been placed against the ground long before the accident occurred and the method of working when entering under high rippings could be improved upon. Red Vein. Naked lights.