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Surname
HARDWICK
Forename
Caleb
Day
19
Month
03
Year
1908
Age
54
Occupation
Assistant Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Lady Lewis
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lewis' Merthyr Consolidated Collieries Ltd
Location
Porth
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
The fireman was going his rounds when he noticed a loose stone In the roof of a road, and told deceased to take it down. He barred it down when another piece of off, 18 inches by 12 inches by 6 inches thick, fell and broke his leg. Gangrene set in a week, and the limb was amputated. He died on April 9. Nine feet seam.