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Surname
DAVIES
Forename
James
Day
16
Month
01
Year
1911
Age
44
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Court Herbert
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Neath
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at working face. Five or six posts had been withdrawn for the purpose of ripping the roof at the face of a new heading, after which a fall occurred while he was fixing a prop near the face. This prop should have been set before the others were withdrawn.