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Surname
PARDOE
Forename
Alfred
Day
04
Month
07
Year
1906
Age
25
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Pentyrch Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
Evan Owens & Co.
Location
Pentyrch
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Deceased was shovelling clay off a ledge 8ft. wide, when about a ton of clay fell from the face of the overburden and buried him. He was so badly crushed and his face so severely cut by falling on the shovel, that he died shortly after. The clay had been overhanging.