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Surname
SHORT
Forename
Seth
Day
04
Month
10
Year
1907
Age
45
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Abercarn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Abercarn
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Fall of coal from the face at a ‘grime’ or sooty slip and another slip in the top coal behind the lump which fell and which allowed the coal to drop down. The place was not properly secured deceased being much to blame as was also the overman who was in the place an hour before and apparently took no notice of the fact.