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Surname
BOWEN
Forename
Evan
Day
23
Month
03
Year
1903
Age
23
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Merthyr Vale, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Nixon's Navigation Co. Ltd
Location
Merthyr Vale
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall on road fireclay 6ft. by 7ft by 39in. thick. Deceased knocked out one of two pairs of timber supporting it to make more height when the fall occurred and he failed to get out of the way. This accident would have been prevented if mechanical means had been used to draw the timbers out. Nine feet seam.