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Surname
FLOWERS
Forename
John
Day
30
Month
03
Year
1908
Age
32
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Llanerch
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Partridge, Jones & Co. Ltd
Location
Abersychan
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
When engaged assisting others to lift a loaded tram on to the rails in a rise heading, a couple of colliers in a stall 30 or 40 yards higher up let a tram run wild, and it striking the one he was engaged at caused it to crush him against the side of the road. (Runaway trams.).