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Surname
POWELL
Forename
James
Day
09
Month
09
Year
1909
Age
38
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Pochin
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Tredegar Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hollybush
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof in his stall road 15 yards back from the face. He and his comrade were taking out a broken prop when the stone, which this prop had been supporting, fell and injured Powell so severely that he died on the 11th September. They were not using a "ringer" and "chain" as they should have been.