Full Details

Surname

THORNBURY

Forename

Ernest

Day

09

Month

01

Year

1906

Age

28

Occupation

Timberman

Mine/Quarry Name

Waun Llwyd

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron & Coal Co. Ltd

Location

Waun-Llwyd

County

Monmouthshire

Details of Event

While putting in some new timbers on the heading, No.4 East Dip, Big Vein Coal, a stone fell and struck him on the shoulder. He worked all that day and the remaining days of that week. He died on March 11th, l906, from an abscess which formed, causing blood poisoning.