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Surname
JONES
Forename
Charles
Day
11
Month
09
Year
1907
Age
19
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Dowlais Cardiff
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds Ltd
Location
Abercynon
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Deceased was run over on a road, dipping 1.5ins. per yard, by a runaway trolley full of long timbers. The fireman instead of sending for a long coupling chain, with which to attach the trolley to the front of the journey, joined three ordinary couplings. The journey had only been lowered about 20 yards, when one of the shackle pins dropped out and liberated the trolley. The fireman was very much to blame in not sending for a long coupling chain.