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Surname
PERROTT
Forename
Rees
Day
01
Month
06
Year
1903
Age
60
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
McLaren
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Tredegar Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Abertysswg
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
When he and others were engaged raising the level of the roadway in a swamp on the main haulage road the side gave way and crushed him. The timber had been taken out and not replaced temporarily, as t he sump was considered safe. The error or neglect whichever it may have been was that of the timberman for whom this man was labouring.