Full Details

Surname

THOMAS

Forename

William

Day

07

Month

02

Year

1914

Age

37

Occupation

Collier

Mine/Quarry Name

McLaren, No.1 Pit

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Tredegar Iron & Coal Co. Ltd

Location

Abertysswg

County

Monmouthshire

Details of Event

Fall of coal at working face. Having removed a sprag he failed to get a slip of coal down with a bar. Without resetting the sprags he commenced undercutting when the coal fell and killed him.