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Surname
ROBERTS
Forename
Owen
Day
03
Month
01
Year
1906
Age
48
Occupation
Ripper
Mine/Quarry Name
Cambrian, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cambrian Collieries Ltd
Location
Clydach Vale
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at on road, cliff, 15ft. by 8ft by 21ins thick. Deceased was taking down a piece of low roof. He had knocked out two flats and was barring down the lower of two beds of stone, when both beds fell on him and his assistant. He had stood two props under the upper bed before he knocked out the flats but they were overbalanced. Coronation seam.