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Surname
WATTS
Forename
James
Day
21
Month
02
Year
1907
Age
43
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Ferndale, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
D. Davis & Sons Ltd
Location
Ferndale
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face fireclay, 6ft. by 5ft. by 22ins. thick, fell as he was cutting away the butt at a point where a false slip crossed the regular slips obliquely. It was unsupported. His spine was injured and he died in two days Two feet nine seam.