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Surname
BEBB
Forename
George
Day
20
Month
11
Year
1907
Age
21
Occupation
Assistant repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Llwynypia, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Glamorgan Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Llwynypia
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on road, fireclay and clod, 16ft. By 9ft. By 56ins. Thick. Deceased was assisting a repairer to rip a heading, and was sent by the latter to take shelter in the mouth of a stall road while he completed the bringing down of a large stone. Before deceased could reach shelter, the large stone, together with a larger stone, fell and buried him. The account given by the repairer of this accident was not altogether convincing. There was no need to go under the shaken roof to seek shelter; he only had to step back a yard to be out of danger. Five feet seam.