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Surname
HOPKIN
Forename
John
Day
24
Month
02
Year
1909
Age
50
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
National, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United National Collieries Ltd
Location
Wattstown
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall at face coal and shale 6ft by 2.5ft by 4 ft thick fell from aback slip and crushed him to death against a prop. The coal was said to have been vertical before the accident and was not spragged. Nine feet seam.