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Surname
BUCKLAND
Forename
Sydney
Day
11
Month
03
Year
1909
Age
23
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Braichycymmer
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ffaldau Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Pontycymer
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof on road; while passing along a roadway, and when under a short length of roof, called a "bridge," which had not been ripped up to a higher bed, the lower stratum fell, and killed him. Such a piece of roof should not have been left untimbered. Nine Feet Seam. Safety lamps.