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Surname
COLLINS
Forename
William
Day
27
Month
04
Year
1909
Age
15
Occupation
Collier’s boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Cynon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cynon Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Pentrhydyfen
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on road; while on a main roadway waiting for an empty tram, a bed of shale roof suddenly broke away, and fell upon him. The fall measured 12 feet by 4 feet by 8 inches in thickness. Roof was not supported. No.2 Rhondda. Safety lamps.