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Surname
JONES
Forename
John
Day
02
Month
12
Year
1908
Age
22
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Maes y Marchog
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sir Griffith Thomas
Location
Onllwyn
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Was crushed by runaway trams on an engine plane having a gradient of 1 in 4, the runaway being caused by the breaking of the haulage rope at a splice. Pieces of good rope taken off an engine plane at another colliery belonging to the same owner were spliced together and used on this slant. Spliced rope should not be used on heavy gradients. The deceased was said to be passing outbye at the end of the shift when it occurred.