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Surname
SPARY
Forename
Egbert A.
Day
06
Month
04
Year
1907
Age
33
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Cefn Slip
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Thomas Jones (Executors of the late)
Location
Kenfig Hill
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on road. When walking out at the end of his shift. The roadway had been squeezing badly in consequence of a working face approaching it from the dip and a crush came on as he was passing. The stone which struck him measured 4ft. by 3ft. by 8ins. Strong shale strata. Two props discharged. Five Quarter seam. Safety lamps.