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William Davies
| Age: | 52 |
| Died: | 15th Oct 1875 |
| Accident: | 15th Oct 1875 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1823 |
| Colliery: | Aberllefenny (Slate) |
| Company: | Captain R. D. Pryce |
| Occupation: | Slate miner |
| Notes: | These men were engaged raising slate on a stope near the edge of an underground shaft by which the slate raised was lowered from their workings to a level 30 yards below them. While they were thus employed the rock on which they stood suddenly slid down into the shaft carrying them with it to the bottom. The ground had parted at an oblique joint, of which I was assured there were no indications before the accident occurred |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Falls of Ground.
Accident No. 23 was of an unusual nature. Instead of being the victims of a fall of ground upon them — the ordinary manner in which deaths arise from this cause — these two men were dropped down an underground shaft by the falling away of the rock on which they were standing. It slid into the shaft while they were busily engaged upon their work. At the inquest some of the jurors expressed their regret that the poor fellows had not taken the usual precaution of securing themselves by means of ropes, and the manager explained in reply, that this was invariably done in his mine where danger was in the least degree suspected, but that this fall was so unexpected that if his special attention had previously been called to the place he would in all probability have pronounced it perfectly safe. His remarks to this effect were confirmed by several men who worked close by, and who seemed to regard the accident as one which nobody could have foreseen. There was a hidden joint which, when I visited the place, displayed a surface as smooth as that of a writing slate.
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- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Anglesey, Brecon, Cardigan, etc. District by T. Fanning Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 374 Where to find this report
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Anglesey, Brecon, Cardigan, etc. District by T. Fanning Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 392, Accident Number: 23 Where to find this report
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