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Surname
EDWARDS
Forename
Robert
Day
26
Month
11
Year
1914
Age
41
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Plas Power
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Broughton & Plaspower Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Wrexham
County
Denbighshire
Details of Event
While capping a sprag set against the coal face, a fall of roof 4 inches thick occurred and fatally injured him. The fall measured 9 feet by 4 feet by 3 feet, and came from between two slips running parallel with the coal face where they were working out pillars in the Main Coal Seam.