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Page: 41. Name: Griffith Meyrich. Occupation: Locomotive engine Fireman. Place...

Catalogue reference: RAIL 583/64/109

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This record is about the Page: 41. Name: Griffith Meyrich. Occupation: Locomotive engine Fireman. Place... dating from 1915 May 10 in the series Rhymney Railway Company. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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RAIL 583/64/109
Date
1915 May 10
Description

Page: 41.

Name: Griffith Meyrich.

Occupation: Locomotive engine Fireman.

Place of accident: Merthyr, Glamorgan.

Injury: Hand cut at base of thumb.

Details of accident: Meyrick used his knife to clear out the waste water cock and placed it open on the ledge of the eye glass of his Engine. Afterwards when clearing the pointwork on the cab he ran his hand on the blade of the knife sustaining the injuries described.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Closed For 75 years
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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RAIL 583

Rhymney Railway Company

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