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Surname
JAMES
Forename
John
Day
18
Month
04
Year
1912
Age
65
Occupation
Sawyer
Mine/Quarry Name
Deep Duffryn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Nixon's Navigation Co. Ltd
Location
Mountain Ash
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
He was waiting, with others, at the pit bottom, to be raised to the surface. As the cage got to the bottom he is said to have stepped forward at once so as to get into it, mistaking the bottom deck for the top one. He was crushed between rim of cage and the pit bottom plates.