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Surname
JENKINS
Forename
John
Day
04
Month
07
Year
1908
Age
61
Occupation
Waterman
Mine/Quarry Name
Wyndham
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cory Brothers & Co. Ltd
Location
Nantymoel
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
While illegally riding in an empty journey up a gradient of 1 in 9 a cotterel became detached from an arrangement called a billy catch, connecting the rope to the trams, and the trams ran wild down the gradient. He was so badly injured that he died on 8th July.