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Surname
JONES
Forename
James
Day
25
Month
03
Year
1908
Age
32
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Emlyn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Emlyn Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Pen y groes
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
As a journey of eight loaded coal trams were being hauled by steam power up a slant having a gradient of 1 in 2, the rope gave way in the capping, and the trams ran back down the incline for 270 yards. Jones was clearing away fallen debris from the sides of the slant when the accident occurred, and he was struck down by coal falling from the runaway trams. He was close to a manhole but had no time to get up into it. The rope was 1 1/8 in. in diameter, and was secured into a 21.75in. capping by five rivets 4.25ins. apart. No barhook used.