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Surname
WATTS
Forename
David John
Day
15
Month
08
Year
1913
Age
14
Occupation
Collier Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Nantgwyn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Naval Colliery Co. (1897) Ltd
Location
Penygraig
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
In descending a staple pit, with 11 others, the sheet-iron side of the cage caught in the flange of a pipe column in the pit the fence bar at the end of the cage was knocked up and he was precipitated into the shaft. Died 17th.