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Surname
DAVIES
Forename
George
Day
04
Month
02
Year
1904
Age
38
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Merthyr Vale, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Nixon's Navigation Co. Ltd
Location
Merthyr Vale
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
As the journey of empty trams conveying the men to the shaft approached its destination deceased jumped but landed on a side sheave and fell back between the moving trams. This accident was brought about by his anxiety to reach the shaft before the others who remained in the trams until they were brought to rest.