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Surname
RUNCIMAN
Forename
Charles
Day
06
Month
12
Year
1913
Age
20
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Penallta
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hengoed
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
He was descending, with 19 others, in a cage. It appears that before the cage reached the pit bottom one of the men raised the cage fence, and the deceased, who was slightly leaning against it, fell out and was killed.