Full Details

Surname

THOMAS

Forename

John

Day

24

Month

02

Year

1904

Age

16

Occupation

Collier Boy

Mine/Quarry Name

Pentre (a)

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Cory Brothers & Co. Ltd

Location

Pentre

County

Glamorganshire

Details of Event

At face cliff 10ft. by 2ft. by 15ins. thick fell as the collier with whom deceased worked was about to set a prop under it. Deceased, who was holding a light, was killed and the collier injured. Yard seam.