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Surname
OLIVER
Forename
Shem
Day
02
Month
05
Year
1907
Age
32
Occupation
Ripper
Mine/Quarry Name
Windsor
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Windsor Steam Coal Co. (1901) Ltd
Location
Abertridwr
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on road as deceased and another man were filling rubbish from the sides of a heading, a pair of timbers, an arm of which he had probably undermined by shovelling gave way, and seven tons of rubbish and lags fell on deceased and broke his neck. The arm had most likely not been well sunk into the bottom. Four feet seam.