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Surname
EVANS
Forename
William S.
Day
11
Month
05
Year
1907
Age
15
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Nine Mile Point
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Burnyeat, Brown & Co. Ltd
Location
Wattsville
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Fell of roof in a Black Vein heading. He had gone to a point in No.1 South Heading, where a rise and dip stall had been turned off opposite to each other in order to fetch some sprags or lockers for putting into tram wheels in a steep road where he was employed. The man to whom he went for them hearing a movement in the ground called a timberman to come and examine the place and moved out of the way. As the timberman was examining it a scale of the roof 19 to 20 feet by 11 or 12 feet wide and 7 ins at thickest part fell and killed Evans. It is not desirable to turn the places off the headings opposite each other but was done on special grounds in this case. In view of the accidents which have occurred from falls of roof in this colliery on roadways, double timbering would appear to be generally desirable in the present zone of the workings at least.