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Surname
WILLIAMS
Forename
Enoch
Day
29
Month
05
Year
1900
Age
25
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Gwenallt
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Partridge, Jones & Co. Ltd
Location
Pontnewynydd
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Collapse of a walling stage in a sinking shaft. Evidently due to the bearers being rather light and their being damaged by the hoppet bumping heavily upon the stage at some time. One of deceased's comrades was injured at the same time.