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Surname
SIMMONDS
Forename
Benjamin
Day
16
Month
12
Year
1903
Age
19
Occupation
Engineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Gilfach
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Rhymney Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Gilfach
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Deceased went into the shaft tunnel connected with the screening plant and by some means got his coat got fast to a stud on the revolving shaft. His dead body was found twisted around the shaft. He had been told that he was not to oil any part of the machinery when it was in motion.