William Woolley Deceased Young Miner 1959 60 South Africa
Hi there to all ,to search for info when the details you have is so few is a real struggle,My uncle William Woolley was a young miner working some were in the old Eastern Transvaal{now known as GAUTENG South Africa} on one of the mines, i donot know if it was known as the Phoenix,or GrootVlei mine Or in The Devon region
My Mom Eleanor Woolley\nee Els could only tell me that he died while they were fitting new air pipe's in the Shaft they were busy sinking,and extending the ventilation pipe,s
while looking out of the cage ,to guide the pipe, one of the pipe's guiding rope's slipped/broke and he was struck on the Head,
he died at the young age of 21
i realy whould like find out more about him,and maybe more about his dad my grand father William John Woolley.My Grand Father had a Bus Transportation service in or near Devon Springs
thanks Reuben Els.
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