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Surname
WIKINS
Forename
John
Day
06
Month
02
Year
1905
Age
34
Occupation
Blacksmith
Mine/Quarry Name
Pontyberem
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pontyberem Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Pontyberem
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
While deceased and another blacksmith were in the main return airway, for the purpose of repairing a water pipe, they were both overcome by the fumes from an underground boiler fire and one of them succumbed.