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Surname
PHELPS
Forename
Samuel
Day
21
Month
02
Year
1909
Age
37
Occupation
Ripper
Mine/Quarry Name
Elliot
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
New Tredegar
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
On Sunday night he and others were clearing a fall on a double parting about 11.30 p.m. He received a blow on the back by a small stone, or piece of rashing, about the size of a man's hand while in a stooping position. He worked his shift out to 5 a.m., but did not work the next night; he worked again on Tuesday night but not afterwards. He was seen by a doctor on Wednesday who suspected pleurisy and pneumonia, which was confirmed the following day and from which he died on the 2nd of March. The Doctors at the post-mortem practically agreed that it was the result of the blow, although there were no external signs of any bruising.