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Surname
LETHABY or LETHERBY
Forename
James
Day
11
Month
11
Year
1909
Age
43
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Gellydeg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wern Hill Colliery Co.
Location
Pontnewydd
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Fall of rock roof at the face, it fell in front of the road from a smooth or slip and joints, being "feather edged" near the coal. Double timbers would probably have saved him, but they were not customary in the seam, and the stone 8 or 9 feet by 17 feet and 15 inches gave no previous signs of danger. Timbering as carried out in some of the Continental mines and probably as carried out at would have saved the situation.