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Surname
TEDSTONE
Forename
William
Day
09
Month
05
Year
1914
Age
32
Occupation
Pumpsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Celynen, North
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Newport, Abercarn, Black Vein Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newbridge
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Sinking. He was suffocated in a pump lodge room, 75 yards from the surface, in a sinking shift, owing to a steam joint" blowing" right into it from a 3-inch column of pipes fixed in the shaft. The steam was under 160 lb. per square inch pressure. The lodge room was a small one - about 12 feet square - with only one connection into the shaft.