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Surname
BAILEY
Forename
John
Day
22
Month
10
Year
1904
Age
26
Occupation
Assistant repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Hetty Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Great Western Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hopkinstown
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
At face cliff 4 ft. by 1 ft. by 18 ins. thick fell as deceased was clearing a fall. The repairer knocked out some props from under the rippings of a stall and deceased and another man were clearing the rubbish which consequently fell when the accident occurred. The bringing down of the rippings evidently caused the roof above to become uneasy. Four feet seam.