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Surname
PHILIPS
Forename
Gomer
Day
26
Month
11
Year
1907
Age
21
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Fforchaman
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cwmaman
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face coal, 3.5ft. by 7ins. by 5.5ft. thick burst off the face, struck deceased against a ‘cog,’ and fractured his spine He was at the time engaged in setting a prop. He died on December 7th. Four feet seam.