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Surname
HARDING
Forename
Oliver
Day
11
Month
08
Year
1903
Age
38
Occupation
Assistant Timberman
Mine/Quarry Name
Elliot
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
New Tredegar
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
While sitting down after having set a pair of timber under a fall a sudden squeeze or bump caused the roof to burst down over two pairs of timber one of the stones falling on deceased's chest caused his death. It took two hours to recover the body.