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Surname
JONES
Forename
James
Day
24
Month
10
Year
1908
Age
29
Occupation
Assistant Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Cefn Gyfelach
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Tirdonkin Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Llangyfelach
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at road while repairing while chipping away a ledge at the side of a roadway to make room to set a prop a stone from the roof, 5ft. by 2ft. 7ins., by 11ins. in thickness one end and 5 ins. the other, fell suddenly from between two slants. One slant was visible before the accident occurred, the other appeared afterwards. Three Feet Seam. Naked lights.