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Surname
VOKINS
Forename
Henry George
Day
28
Month
04
Year
1906
Age
20
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
John Blindell's Black Vein, Glyn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Blindell & Wakeford
Location
Pontypool
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
He had apparently been using the shovel to get up some soft bottom in front of the tram. A piece of cliff was supported by a post and lid in front of the road. The collier in charge of the place had left the face for a few minutes where deceased was at work. When he returned he found the roof had fallen and Voskins underneath it. Deceased either loosened the bottom of the post, or the stone breaking across near the face, tilted the post out.