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Surname
EDWARDS
Forename
Edward
Day
16
Month
08
Year
1907
Age
30
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Victoria (f)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Ebbw Vale
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof in a disused stall road. He and another man were sent to pull down and load up some loose coal which had fallen before taking up the rails. On his comrade touching it to examine it before commencing to work about 2.5 tons fell and caught Edwards causing serious injury from which he died the same day.