Full Details

Surname

WATKINS

Forename

Thomas

Day

01

Month

06

Year

1908

Age

21

Occupation

Collier

Mine/Quarry Name

Windsor

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Windsor Steam Coal Co. (1901) Ltd

Location

Abertridwr

County

Glamorganshire

Details of Event

Fall of side at face, coal, 9 feet by 2 feet by 34 inches thick, broke off the face, crushed out a sprag set 3 feet from one end, fell on deceased and injured him so badly that he died in three days. The sprag was said to have been well set. Four feet seam.