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Surname
EDWARDS
Forename
Edward
Day
14
Month
09
Year
1907
Age
55
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Tillery
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell's Tillery Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Abertillery
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at the face from insufficient timbering where it was bad. He neither secured the roof from his own experience nor as ordered by the Examiner. Having delayed setting a post for two hours after he was told to do so, he paid the penalty of this neglect with his life.