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Surname
TAYLOR
Forename
John
Day
01
Month
02
Year
1905
Age
30
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Waun Llwyd
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Waun-Llwyd
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
He was taking a tram of props to the pit mouth when an empty tram returning from the screens knocked it off the rails, and twisted the timbers towards and against some railway waggons which were being pushed up by a locomotive. This resulted in the other end of the props crushing him against a pillar supporting the heap stead roof.