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Surname
DAVIES
Forename
Walter
Day
18
Month
01
Year
1908
Age
17
Occupation
Incline hitcher
Mine/Quarry Name
Killan
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
W.W. Holmes & Co.
Location
Dunvant
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
On a self-acting incline 48 yards in length, and having a gradient of 1 in 2, a rope 5-8in. diameter snapped at a distance of 47 ft. from the capping, while one empty and one loaded tram was at meetings. The lad at foot of the incline was killed by the runaway tram. Probably sharp braking by the banksman was the cause of the rope snapping.