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Surname
HAM
Forename
William Golding
Day
03
Month
05
Year
1913
Age
20
Occupation
Collier’s asst
Mine/Quarry Name
Waun Llwyd
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Waun-Llwyd
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Fall of side at the working face. He was standing waiting for a comrade to bar down a piece of coal instead of the slip breaking off at the sprag, as intended, a greater length fell, discharging one post and two sprags One of the flying pieces of timber struck him, breaking his neck.