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Surname
CLARKE
Forename
Tom
Day
08
Month
05
Year
1908
Age
15
Occupation
Colliers boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Elliot
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
New Tredegar
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Fall of coal from the face. It came from an unusual back rider slip, whether in consequence of a squeeze or not is somewhat doubtful. The Collier (deceased’s father) seems not to have known of, or expected the slip and the coal was not overhanging at the time.