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Surname
THOMAS
Forename
William
Day
28
Month
05
Year
1908
Age
40
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Abergorky, No.3
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Burnyeat, Brown & Co. Ltd
Location
Treorchy
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face, cliff, 10 feet by 4 feet by 18 inches thick. The rippings consisted of two beds of cliff, each 18 inches thick, and when he was wedging down the lower bed, the upper bed fell on him and killed him.