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Surname
COLDRICK
Forename
Edgar
Day
17
Month
06
Year
1907
Age
23
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Blaensychan
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Partridge, Jones & Co. Ltd
Location
Abersychan
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
He was travelling along the colliery branch line in the colliers, train on his way home from work, and as the carriage was full, was sitting on the footboard. When passing the bridge between the screens and the tip, at Llanerch Colliery, he appears to have come in contact with some scaffolding and to have been knocked off the train and killed. He should not have been riding on the footboard. There is much need for improved discipline in connection with this travelling in colliers’ trains.