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Surname
BEDDOE
Forename
David
Day
26
Month
05
Year
1902
Age
36
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
McLaren
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Tredegar Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Abertysswg
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
They were employed pinning the gob of a Barry road and were killed by a heavy fall of roof coal weighing about 20 tons. It was caused by a collier drawing down clod and exposing a false slip which met a kind joint running across the road from the gob. This he could not see as it was unexposed till the clod had been taken down. Vaughan stated that he tested the roof and thought it safe. It was an error of judgement on his part. 2 killed.