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Surname
BECKETT
Forename
James
Day
28
Month
11
Year
1907
Age
26
Occupation
Pitman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bargoed
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bargoed
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
When about to signal from a staging at one of the lodge-rooms where he and two other men were engaged about the pumps, he overbalanced and fell some 400 yards down the shaft. He was thoroughly accustomed to this work and place, but is said to have been at times inclined to be venturesome.