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Surname
HOPKINS
Forename
David
Day
08
Month
10
Year
1907
Age
41
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Tynybedw
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cory Brothers & Co. Ltd
Location
Pentre
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face, cliff, 2ft. by 2 ft. by 1.5ft. thick, fell as deceased was knocking out the second of two props from under the rippings. He had bored a hole in the rippings and charged it with Roburite. A well defined slip or giant in the roof from which the stone fell had followed the heading for game distance. Lower seven-feet seam.