New Search

Return to Search Results

Full Details

Surname
REES
Forename
David
Day
05
Month
05
Year
1903
Age
63
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Cambrian, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cambrian Collieries Ltd
Location
Clydach Vale
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall at face cliff 26 ft. by 39 ins. by 15 ins. thick. The fireman noticed on his first inspection that the roof was uneasy and told deceased to put up a flat. Deceased set a prop near where he was told to put up the flat and was working away a piece of coal to make room for one of the props of the flat when a large piece of coal fell knocked out the prop and liberated the roof. Red vein.