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Surname
THORNBURY
Forename
Ernest
Day
09
Month
01
Year
1906
Age
28
Occupation
Timberman
Mine/Quarry Name
Waun Llwyd
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Waun-Llwyd
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
While putting in some new timbers on the heading, No.4 East Dip, Big Vein Coal, a stone fell and struck him on the shoulder. He worked all that day and the remaining days of that week. He died on March 11th, l906, from an abscess which formed, causing blood poisoning.