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Surname
WESTCOTT
Forename
James
Day
12
Month
07
Year
1912
Age
24
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Ffaldau
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ffaldau Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Pontycymer
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at working face. When cutting coal with a mechanical coal cutter, a fall of about six tons came down from three slants, discharging the timber underneath, killing him.