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Surname
MADDAFORD
Forename
William
Day
31
Month
08
Year
1914
Age
39
Occupation
Hitcher
Mine/Quarry Name
Abercarn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Abercarn
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
As he was putting a tram on to the cage at the pit bottom the cage ascended, and he was carried up some distance and crushed between the cage and the beam above the inset. The engineman appears to have started the engine without receiving the signal.