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Surname
ROBERTS
Forename
William H.
Day
30
Month
11
Year
1909
Age
14
Occupation
Clipper On
Mine/Quarry Name
Bryn-kinallt
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
W.Y. Craig & Sons
Location
Chirk
County
Denbighshire
Details of Event
Through one of the clips attaching the tubs to the endless rope getting somehow loose, in a brow rising 1 in 5, it caused the full tub to run back, which fatally crushed deceased before he could reach the refuge hole.