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Surname
PINNELL
Forename
George
Day
25
Month
03
Year
1908
Age
25
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Great Western, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Great Western Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Gyfeillon
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face, a bell of cliff, 5.5 feet in diameter by 28 inches thick, fell, and crushed his head. He had been absent from the face, eating his food, and was returning to recommence holing when the fall occurred. One prop was said to have been crushed out. There are a great many bells in this, the Forest Fach seam, which up to this time had been detected and secured.