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Surname
BURGE
Forename
George
Day
07
Month
04
Year
1912
Age
48
Occupation
Foreman Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Llanover
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bargoed Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Argoed
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
When being wound up the shaft, the engineman found he could not close the throttle valve, he immediately applied all the brake power with the result that the rope snapped and the cage and men fell a distance of 140 yards. Upon examination of the engine after the accident it was found that two pieces of the stop valve, situated near the boilers, had become broken off and had been carried along inside the steam pipes by the pressure of steam, and, fracturing a copper plate grid in the steam pipes, one piece had got lodged under the valve of winding engine. 2 killed.