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Surname
MILLS
Forename
Samuel
Day
11
Month
06
Year
1907
Age
26
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Llanhilleth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Partridge, Jones & Co. Ltd
Location
Llanhilleth
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Fall of coal from the face, in the Black Vein, which was about 7.5 feet thick. He stood between two sprags about 4.5 feet apart and was pulling down some coal. It broke off differently to what he expected and knocked out a sprag which, in falling, struck his head.