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Surname
JONES
Forename
David
Day
19
Month
10
Year
1907
Age
36
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Brook Drift
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
He was struck down by a tram which had run wild 200 yards down a slant dipping 1 in 7. The tram had become detached from a train of 11 empties which were being lowered by a hauling rope down the engine plane slant. The pin of the coupling which connected the tram to the 10th had probably been raised by coming in contact with a lump of hard anthracite which had fallen and stuck fast in the opening in which a roller turns.