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Surname
EVANS
Forename
Thomas
Day
13
Month
01
Year
1905
Age
40
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Ferndale, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
D. Davis & Sons Ltd
Location
Ferndale
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
A tram of coal had been left standing on a heading having a dip of 2ins. per yard, while the haulier went into a stall to get another tram. By some means the tram, which, according to the haulier had four sprags in the wheels, started running down the heading and injured deceased so severely that he died in 12 days. Two sprags only were found in the wheels after the accident. This accident was the result of great carelessness on the part of the haulier in not attaching to the tram a barhook which in all probability, would have prevented it from moving.