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Surname
RODERICK
Forename
Rees (injured)
Day
22
Month
03
Year
1927
Age
39
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Emlyn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Emlyn Anthracite Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Pen-y-groes
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
A misfire had occurred and a second hole had been bored and charged and fired – it did its work and collier of conveyor face recovered detonator wires and thought he had recovered detonator – when using boring machine detonator must have been left in hole and exploded – puncture wounds.