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Surname
ROBERTS
Forename
Evan
Day
30
Month
11
Year
1914
Age
55
Occupation
Smith
Mine/Quarry Name
Morlais
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Thomas Williams & Sons (Llangennech) Ltd
Location
Llangennech
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
While lying full length adjusting pins to the lower shaft of the eccentric rods of a winding engine the engineman was asked by the mechanic to lower the reversing links and in doing so his face as crushed against the iron flooring. Neither the mechanic nor the engineman knew he was in the position he was. He died from his injuries December 19th 1914.