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William Bowen

Age:   18
Died:   21st Jan 1905
Accident:   21st Jan 1905
Year Born:   abt. 1887
Colliery:   Elba
Company:   Baldwins, Ltd.
Occupation:   Coal shifter
Notes:  
By explosion of gas and coal dust ; Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by contraband
Buried:   [not known]
Category:  

Memorial: 1905 Elba Colliery Disaster

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Related Articles

Pub.
Date
Article (Newspaper)
03 Feb 1905  Eleventh Elba Victim Succumbs (The Cambrian)
17 Feb 1905  Gowerton Disaster, Disquieting Revelations at the Inquest, Matches and Cigarette Boxes Found in the Mine (The Cambrian)
12 May 1905  Gowerton Pit Disaster, Owners and Managers Summoned at Swansea, Alleged Defective Ventilation: Case Dismissed (The Cambrian)

Sources
  • 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Swansea District (No. 11) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 23, Accident Number: 1 Where to find this report

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