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Surname
HILL
Forename
Charles
Day
13
Month
10
Year
1903
Age
49
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Ely
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Naval Colliery Co. (1897) Ltd
Location
Penygraig
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on road cliff 11.5ft by 12ft by 33ins. thick. Deceased were walking along a main heading when a framing collar broke and liberated the four collars it had been supporting. On examination the collar showed a good deal of dry rot at the point of fracture. It was said to have been stood only a month previously. Five feet Seam. 2 killed.