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Surname
HOPKINS
Forename
David
Day
13
Month
04
Year
1906
Age
19
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Yniscedwyn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Wales Anthracite Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Ystradgynlais
County
Breconshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face; while boring a hole in the coal, a stone measuring 8ft. by 3ft. 10ins. by 14ins fell from clift roof causing such severe injuries that he died on 17th April.