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Surname
JAMES
Forename
Gomer Sydney (injured)
Day
30
Month
04
Year
1926
Age
18
Occupation
Spare Hand Haulier
Mine/Quarry Name
Cross Hands
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cleeves' Western Valleys Anthracite Collieries Ltd
Location
Cross Hands
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
With an assistant repairer he was taking a horse with four trams into level heading ready for day shift - both were walking behind trams when first tram derailed - going forward to raise it when a full tram - tram knocked out post - fall came on him.