Full Details

Surname

SMITH

Forename

Henry

Day

17

Month

10

Year

1907

Age

61

Occupation

Brakesman

Mine/Quarry Name

Waun Llwyd

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron & Coal Co. Ltd

Location

Waun-Llwyd

County

Monmouthshire

Details of Event

When lowering trucks to the screens by the brakes he was crushed between the truck and the retaining wall the space not being more than 12 ins. He was using the brake on the second last waggon.