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Surname
JONES
Forename
Edward
Day
01
Month
08
Year
1903
Age
48
Occupation
Ripper
Mine/Quarry Name
Lletty Shenkin
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cwmbach
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on road cliff 8ft. 10ins. by 5ft. 10 ins by 6 to 28 ins thick fell while deceased was gobbing up a stall-road with rubbish from a heading which he was cleaning up. Both heading and stall had been idle for some months. The roof was unsupported. Seven feet seam.