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Surname
MATTHEWS
Forename
Sydney
Day
14
Month
12
Year
1904
Age
35
Occupation
Ripper
Mine/Quarry Name
Elliot
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
New Tredegar
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
When he and another were engaged in repairing a heading some 70 yards back from the face a fall of side came away from a break and caught him 4 or 5 yards away from where he had been knocking out double timber to let down a piece of roof. He had been at this work 15 or 16 years.