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Surname
BURTON
Forename
Joseph
Day
05
Month
10
Year
1907
Age
68
Occupation
Timber Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Llanhilleth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Partridge, Jones & Co. Ltd
Location
Llanhilleth
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
Two colliers filled two trams of rubbish at a fall on an incline, and left them scotched instead of spragged, with the result that they for some unknown reason, ran wild and killed Burton 60 to 70 yards lower down, when on his way in to work. The two men were seriously to blame which was also bound to be this case by this Coroner’s jury.