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Surname
FITZGERALD
Forename
John
Day
09
Month
02
Year
1906
Age
28
Occupation
Haulier
Mine/Quarry Name
Cwm Cynon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Nixon's Navigation Co. Ltd
Location
Mountain Ash
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
A carriage, containing deceased and 21 other men, was ready to ascend the shaft. The hitcher gave the signal, but the cage was not immediately wound up as the banksman waited a minute or two to allow some firemen, who were approaching the pit, to enter the descending cage. Immediately the cage commenced its ascent, someone, either in the cage or on the plates, gave an alarm that something was falling down the pit. There was a momentary panic in the cage; one man jumped out on the south side and deceased and another man jumped out on the North side. Deceased must have been caught by the crown of the arch or by a beam laid in the pit to deflect falling stones from the hitchers. The alarm was groundless; nothing fell down the pit.