Full Details

Surname

STEPHENS

Forename

Samuel

Day

22

Month

11

Year

1904

Age

40

Occupation

Collier

Mine/Quarry Name

Ferndale, No.3

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

D. Davis & Sons Ltd

Location

Ystrad

County

Glamorganshire

Details of Event

At face, fireclay 9 ft. by 3.5 ft by 30 ins. thick fell while deceased was working away the butts. A face slip in the coal ran up into the roof until it joined a back slip thus forming a trough shaped stone having smooth sides. It was unsupported. Two feet nine seam.