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Surname
REES
Forename
Thomas
Day
21
Month
10
Year
1909
Age
26
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Graig Merthyr
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Graigola Merthyr Co. Ltd
Location
Pontarddulais
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on road; while enlarging a roadway in order to extend a siding, a large stone (sandstone) 8 feet 4 inches, by 5 feet, and 7 inches in thickness fell and killed Rees who was near the place and injured the two colliers who were working at the enlargement. Jeffreys came to the rescue, when a further fall took place and killed him. Graigola Seam. Naked lights. 2 killed.