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Surname
LLOYD
Forename
Evan Richard
Day
30
Month
03
Year
1908
Age
25
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
No.1 Seam Level
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cory Brothers & Co. Ltd
Location
Resolven
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face; while propping under the roof after a coal cutter had passed by, a stone 8 feet 6 inches, by 6 feet 4 inches, by 9 inches in thickness fell from a saucer-like cavity upon him. The roof is sandstone rock and the maximum distance apart for props fixed by the manager is 12 feet, which has since been reduced to 9 feet No 1 Rhondda Scam. Naked lights.