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Surname
HOWELLS
Forename
Walter
Day
06
Month
02
Year
1907
Age
27
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Maindy
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ocean Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Ton Pentre
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face, cliff, 6ft. by 6ft. by 18ins. thick, part of the rippings fell off the face slip of a 12ins downthrow fault. He had just completed ripping a lower bed, and in doing so, very probably loosened the upper bed. Two feet nine seam.