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Surname
GARDNER
Forename
Samuel
Day
30
Month
10
Year
1905
Age
22
Occupation
Haulier
Mine/Quarry Name
Merthyr Vale, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Nixon's Navigation Co. Ltd
Location
Merthyr Vale
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
On road, cliff, 11ft. 8ins. by 9ft. by 15 to 18ft. thick. While deceased was uncoupling some trams his horse started off one of the trams got off the rails and struck out a prop that had been set under a bent collar. Four pairs of timber collapsed and deceased was buried. The prop under the collar had been set a fortnight before. Nine feet seam.