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Surname
YATES
Forename
Lewis
Day
20
Month
06
Year
1908
Age
28
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Celynen
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Newport, Abercarn, Black Vein Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Abercarn
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof in the main engine road at a bridge (about 2 yards in length), or short piece left unfinished by the repairers. The timbers were probably loosened by a journey which got off the road a quarter of an hour before. The examiner of the district examined it and thought it safe and was at the place when the accident occurred. I think he was guilty of an error of judgement in allowing the journey and the men to pass, although he had had some timbers set to secure it.