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Surname
MORGAN
Forename
William
Day
07
Month
03
Year
1913
Age
55
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Kay's Slope
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Blaenavon Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
Location
Blaenavon
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
He was fatally injured by a premature explosion of a charge of "Samsonite" which he was placing in a shot hole. It appears he bad put three pellet's of explosive into the hole, and was putting in the last one, with the detonator inserted, when the whole exploded.