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Surname
GOODALL
Forename
Sydney
Day
22
Month
10
Year
1914
Age
19
Occupation
Assistant Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Ponthenry
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ponthenry Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Pont-Henri
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
He was engaged with his comrade in filling roof rippings into a tram, standing one on each side. Owing to the tram getting heavier on his side than the other, and the rails not being set level, the tram tipped over and crushed him against the side of the roadway, killing him.