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Surname
HARRIS
Forename
William
Day
23
Month
07
Year
1914
Age
34
Occupation
Hitcher
Mine/Quarry Name
Cwmllynfell
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Benjamin Thomas & Sons
Location
Cwmllynfell
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
He appears to have been carried up 5 or 6 yards by the ascending cage and crushed between it and the woodwork. It is thought the automatic catch, for holding trams in cage, tailed to act, and in trying to right it before the cage went away, and after he had given the signal, he was carried up.