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Surname
EDWARDS
Forename
Simon
Day
20
Month
11
Year
1902
Age
46
Occupation
Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Westminster
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Westminster Brymbo Coal & Coke Co. Ltd
Location
Gwersyllt
County
Denbighshire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. They were forming a slant down the longwall face when a stone fell from a slip in the roof upon the deceased capping a prop which had be recently set. The props were about five feet apart and they were setting a chock to enable them to get the roof down to a stronger parting above.