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Surname
WILLIAMS
Forename
David
Day
17
Month
08
Year
1911
Age
28
Occupation
Hitcher
Mine/Quarry Name
Blaenavon, Big Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Blaenavon Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
Location
Blaenavon
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
While in the cage pulling back a tram which had gone beyond the catch, he was wound up the shaft and thrown out of the cage by the tram catching a beam. The evidence as to the signals was contradictory.