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Surname
WILLIAMS
Forename
David
Day
19
Month
11
Year
1908
Age
31
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Garw, No.3 Slant
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Garw & Braichycymmer Collieries Ltd
Location
Pontyrhyll
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of side at face while holing tender coal and overlying shale, measuring 6ft. by 20ins. by 12ins., fell on him from above a line of sprags, two of which were set against the coal face below the portion which came down. Inclination of seam 1 in. 6 ins. A fractured dislocation of the spine resulting from the accident caused his death on the 4th August, 1908. No.2 Rhondda Seam. Coal 3ft. 9ins. in thickness. Naked l ights used.