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Surname
BEARD
Forename
Samuel
Day
06
Month
01
Year
1908
Age
66
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Fforchwen
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cwmaman Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cwmaman
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Owing to the pointers not having been altered a journey of empty trams was run unexpectedly into a double parting, where deceased was cutting cog wood, and crushed him to death. The pointers had not been altered through a mistake of the two riders in charge of the journey.