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Surname
PONTIN
Forename
Thomas
Day
03
Month
01
Year
1907
Age
35
Occupation
Master Haulier
Mine/Quarry Name
Llanhilleth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Partridge, Jones & Co. Ltd
Location
Llanhilleth
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
He was in charge of the bottom of the pit while the hitcher was having dinner. As he and others were putting two trams in the cage a piece of coal appears to have fallen from the surface and struck his head. He died on the way home. This is a constantly recurring source of accident due to the system of loading trams in the South Wales Coal field.