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Surname
WILLIAMS
Forename
John Daniel
Day
14
Month
08
Year
1911
Age
22
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Point of Ayr
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Point of Ayr Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Ffynnongroyw
County
Flintshire
Details of Event
When a tub was being filled by Williams near to the working face, a fall of top coal and dirt thirty feet by twelve and a half feet by seven and a half feet occurred from the roof of an old drift and killed both him and Jones. Two slips were known to exist and props said to have been set from five to six feet apart were all knocked out by the fall. The old drift had been newly crossed in order to open another place off the side of it. This is a case where bars might have prevented the fall. 2 killed.