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Surname
WHITE
Forename
Henry
Day
23
Month
02
Year
1901
Age
33
Occupation
Pitman
Mine/Quarry Name
New Tredegar
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
New Tredegar
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
While ascending the shaft on top of the cage with a pipe which he was taking up he appears to have fallen or overbalanced from some unexplained cause and was crushed against the side. Although the cage was stopped immediately when he was released life was extinct.