Full Details

Surname

WILLIAMS

Forename

David

Day

25

Month

04

Year

1901

Age

26

Occupation

Assistant Hitcher

Mine/Quarry Name

Coegnant

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

North's Navigation Collieries (1899) Ltd

Location

Nantyffyllon

County

Glamorganshire

Details of Event

To get clear of trams which had broken loose from endless rope haulage and were running wild towards the shaft deceased attempted to cross the shaft and was caught by the descending cage and killed instantaneously.