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Surname
WILLIAMS
Forename
William E.
Day
03
Month
04
Year
1906
Age
24
Occupation
Assistant Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Eastern
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ocean Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Ton Pentre
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on road, cliff, 27ft. by 10ft. by 10ft. thick, fell. Deceased was working with a repairer who had cut out one pair of timbers and was cutting out another when the roof began to work, and crushed out eight pairs of timbers. There had been considerable squeeze on the heading for some time previous and deceased and the repairer were enlarging it. New seam.