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Surname
DOWDALL
Forename
John
Day
19
Month
09
Year
1903
Age
30
Occupation
Rider
Mine/Quarry Name
Ferndale, No.5
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
D. Davis & Sons Ltd
Location
Ferndale
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Run over by a journey of five empty trams. An assistant rider knocked off the stop block at the top of a dip before the rider bad time to attach the rope with the result that the journey ran down and killed deceased. The assistant said that he thought the rider had shouted to him to start the journey.