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Surname
JAMES
Forename
Daniel
Day
15
Month
12
Year
1900
Age
39
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Llanhilleth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Partridge, Jones & Co. Ltd
Location
Llanhilleth
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
He was ripping the roof in his roadway and instead of carrying it forward towards the coal face he began working from the face outwards thinking it would be easier. He appears to have knocked out two posts and was working under the roof thus liberated with the result that it fell and killed him.