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Surname
WOOTEN
Forename
Frederick
Day
09
Month
08
Year
1902
Age
18
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Merthyr Vale, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Nixon's Navigation Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Merthyr Vale
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at face cliff 3ft. by 6ft. by 22ins. thick. A collier was ripping on his stall road close to the heading and when he succeeded in getting a piece down a fall occurred on the heading which killed deceased and injured another collier. There was a vertical joint on each side and a slip at one end. Two props had been taken out to get the roof down in the stall. Four feet seam.