Full Details

Surname

YOUNG

Forename

Robert Henry

Day

15

Month

06

Year

1914

Age

43

Occupation

Fireman

Mine/Quarry Name

Glynhebog

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Ammanford Colliery Co. Ltd

Location

Pontyberem

County

Carmarthenshire

Details of Event

In making his examination of a district before the entrance of the day shift, he was suffocated, and found face downwards in a large accumulation of gas between two topholes. The gas had to be cleared before the body could be recovered.