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Surname
JONES
Forename
William R.
Day
28
Month
08
Year
1902
Age
23
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Cwm Cynon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Nixon's Navigation Co. Ltd
Location
Mountain Ash
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face cliff 15 ft. by 3 ft. by 12 ins. thick. Deceased pulled down a slip of coal and immediately after the stone which had been partly supported by the coal fell and dislocated his neck. He ought to have stood another prop between the one standing and the face a distance of 7 feet. Six feet seam.