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Surname
HYATT
Forename
Samuel
Day
03
Month
11
Year
1906
Age
48
Occupation
Ystradgynlais
Mine/Quarry Name
Ystradgynlais
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Wales Anthracite Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Ystradgynlais
County
Breconshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on road; while he was clearing some rubbish off a roadway, a stone measuring 12ft. 6 n. by 8ft. 2in. by 2ft. in thickness, fell. A repairer was working at the puce and had bored a shothole in the stone to blast it down. Slants became visible after it fell. Big vein.