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Surname
REES
Forename
John
Day
12
Month
04
Year
1907
Age
42
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Cwrt-y-bettws
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hedley's Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Skewen
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
He was found lying dead on a roadway. It is thought that while riding on a loaded coal tram drawn by a horse he had struck his head against a piece of projecting side or a ‘collar’. The doctor at the inquest stated that he had sustained a fracture of the neck.