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Surname
BURSTON
Forename
H.E.
Day
03
Month
01
Year
1912
Age
24
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Oakdale
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Oakdale Navigation Collieries Ltd
Location
Oakdale
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
While the walling stage was being raised there was a jerk, caused it is thought by its catching in the brickwork, with the result that he fell between it and the pit side wall into the water in sump, and was drowned.