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Surname
DAVIES
Forename
William Henry
Day
28
Month
07
Year
1937
Age
40
Occupation
Hitcher
Mine/Quarry Name
Emlyn, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Emlyn Anthracite Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Pen-y-groes
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
He was in manhole and empty journey of timber was being lowered - journey was brought to test and he signalled it away when the journey chain connecting carriage to trams snapped and first tram ran away and struck him.