Full Details

Surname

WIGGINS

Forename

William

Day

01

Month

11

Year

1905

Age

19

Occupation

Assistant Timberman

Mine/Quarry Name

New Tredegar

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd

Location

New Tredegar

County

Monmouthshire

Details of Event

Fall of stone from the roof where he and a timberman were repairing a dip heading. They had cut out old timber and pulled out, as they thought, all the loose stone and considering the place safe they did not intend to reset timber.