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Surname
LAKE
Forename
Sims
Day
16
Month
07
Year
1909
Age
39
Occupation
Hitcher
Mine/Quarry Name
Diamond
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Diamond Anthracite Mine Co. Ltd
Location
Ystradgynlais
County
Breconshire
Details of Event
Run over, and killed by runaway trams on an incline of 1 in 4 in consequence of a coupling between the trams snapping at a flaw in the welding. The bar hook turned over, and became detached.