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Surname
SPENCER
Forename
William Hosea
Day
14
Month
11
Year
1906
Age
23
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Tillery, Vivian Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell's Tillery Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Abertillery
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at a fault in his working place. The place was timbered as usual, but apparently he must have released the stone in getting some of it down. It broke off at the face where it was only 3 inches thick, while it was 10 or 12 inches thick back at the fault slip.