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Surname
EVANS
Forename
Hugh
Day
26
Month
10
Year
1906
Age
29
Occupation
Rider
Mine/Quarry Name
Lower Duffryn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Mountain Ash
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Deceased was bringing out four trams of rubbish drawn by a rope attached to a small portable engine. About 15 yards from the engine, the main rope ought to have been detached and the trams run into the parting drawing the tail rope after them. It had been agreed that the trams were not to be stopped until the rider signalled. This he appears not to have done with the result that the trams were not stopped until opposite the engine, when the main rope caused the front tram to cant up and crush deceased against the timber. My impression was that he was trying to detach the rope without stopping.