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Surname
JONES
Forename
Alfred
Day
02
Month
04
Year
1914
Age
30
Occupation
Latchman
Mine/Quarry Name
Troedrhiwgwair Level
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Tredegar Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Tredegar
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
After turning a lever so as to shunt wagons into a siding, he was walking back along the straight road when he was run over. After the accident it was found that the lever of the points had become defective, and that it failed to work the points. He died on the 15th of the same month from tetanus as a result of amputation of both legs.