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Surname
EVANS
Forename
William
Day
04
Month
10
Year
1905
Age
40
Occupation
Rider
Mine/Quarry Name
Cwmaman
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cwmaman Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Aberdare
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Deceased attached the main rope to a journey of 24 trams of coal, and signalled to the engineman to pull out. As the journey started the pin of the second shackle broke. Owing to the contraction of the rope the two trams jerked rapidly forward and struck deceased violently as he was crossing the road. He sustained a compound fracture of the right leg which had to be amputated a week after gangrene set in, and he died on the 17th day after the accident. The broken shackle pin could not be found.