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Surname
MEARS
Forename
William
Day
19
Month
01
Year
1901
Age
35
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
De Winton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Lewis
Location
Plasdraw, Aberdare
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face cliff 3ft. 6in by 6.5ft by 20ins. Deceased and his brother were making room to put a pair of timbers up and had put up a temporary post in the face in the middle of the road just under an invisible slip. The roof collapsed each side of the slip and discharged the post. Nine feet seam.