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Surname
JONES
Forename
Thomas
Day
04
Month
05
Year
1903
Age
30
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Deep Duffryn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Nixon's Navigation Co. Ltd
Location
Mountain Ash
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
At face cliff 10ft. by 4ft. 8ins. by 44ins. thick. Deceased wanted to get this stone down so commenced knocking the props out from under it and, when he knocked out the last the fall occurred. Its falling so suddenly was due to a false slip in the roof which could not be seen previous to the fall. Two feet nine seam.