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Surname
JONES
Forename
Lewis
Day
02
Month
05
Year
1907
Age
28
Occupation
Journey rider
Mine/Quarry Name
Elliot
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
New Tredegar
County
Monmouthshire
Details of Event
As was riding on a full journey outbye standing on the shackle coupling between this first and second trams, in an old collar in some manner caught and knocked him off resulting in his being so injured that he died the same evening. How it occurred is not clear one suggestion is that the tram which was out of shape caught in one arm of the collar and another is that the collar snapped about the time when the journey approached. There was no one near him at the time.