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Surname
THOMAS
Forename
Thomas
Day
02
Month
08
Year
1910
Age
36
Occupation
Carpenter
Mine/Quarry Name
Cilely
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Locket's Merthyr Collieries (1894) Ltd
Location
Tonyrefail
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Struck by a plank, 6 feet by 11 inches by 3 inches, which fell down the shaft from the surface while he was attending the bottom signal. It was a new shaft and cages were being put in and while some planks were being removed at the pit top one of them accidentally fell down shaft.