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Surname
GOUGH
Forename
John
Day
10
Month
07
Year
1907
Age
42
Occupation
Lamp-relighter
Mine/Quarry Name
Castle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Crawshay Brothers, Cyfarthfa, Ltd
Location
Troedyrhiw
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Deceased was making his way up an engine plane to go home when a journey of 13 trams ran back and killed him. The drawbar of the first tram, which was made of Bessemer steel, was found to have broken at a rivet hole near the end. The road had an inclination of 1 in 6. The fracture was a good, clear, fracture. Deceased was found near a manhole.