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Surname
MATTHEWS
Forename
James
Day
17
Month
09
Year
1907
Age
42
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Arrail Griffin
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Lancaster & Co. Ltd
Location
Six Bells
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
While engaged ripping top coal in his stall road, about 12yds back from the working face, a fall of clod occurred. He does not appear to have taken precautions to secure this clod while working under it, as he should have done.