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Surname
MORRIS
Forename
David
Day
09
Month
12
Year
1908
Age
40
Occupation
Master Haulier
Mine/Quarry Name
McLaren
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Tredegar Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Abertysswg
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof near pit-bottom where the arching was in course of efficiently secured, resulting in a heavy fall which carried away the timbering and the scaffolding over the road and killed him as he was passing underneath. No indications as to the place being uneasy appears to have been noticed by the onsetter or hitcher working near the place.