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Surname
PRATER
Forename
Trevor
Day
09
Month
10
Year
1908
Age
15
Occupation
Engine Cleaner
Mine/Quarry Name
Garth Merthyr (a)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Elder's Navigation Collieries Ltd
Location
Maesteg
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Crushed in crank pit by the connecting rod of a winding engine. The engineman worked the engines before the lad got away, and the evidence was not clear that he called the boy's attention. The machine had been idle some time before the accident happened.