Full Details

Surname

WILLIAMS

Forename

David

Day

17

Month

08

Year

1911

Age

28

Occupation

Hitcher

Mine/Quarry Name

Blaenavon, Big Pit

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Blaenavon Iron & Steel Co. Ltd

Location

Blaenavon

County

Monmouthshire

Details of Event

While in the cage pulling back a tram which had gone beyond the catch, he was wound up the shaft and thrown out of the cage by the tram catching a beam. The evidence as to the signals was contradictory.