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Surname
ASHTON
Forename
Thomas (injured)
Day
08
Month
04
Year
1913
Age
26
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Ferndale, No.8
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
D. Davis & Sons Ltd
Location
Ferndale
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof near working face. They were lifting some double timber into position near the face when a large fall occurred, killing two outright and causing fatal injuries to the other. The fall came away from the slip of a downthrow fault which the road had just passed through. 4 killed 1 injured.