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Surname
DAVIS
Forename
John
Day
21
Month
01
Year
1908
Age
60
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Talbot Merthyr
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Talbot Merthyr Colliery Ltd
Location
Ffoch dwm
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face a piece of shale roof 12ins. in thickness, intervening between the coal and a sandstone bed, gave way and dislodged a prop set under it. The stone measured 6ft. by 1ft. 11ins. by 12 ins. in thickness. Props were set 6ft apart. Mountain Seam. Naked lights.