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Surname
LEWIS
Forename
Edwin
Day
10
Month
04
Year
1903
Age
14
Occupation
Collier Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Mardy, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Locket's Merthyr Collieries (1894) Ltd
Location
Maerdy
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
His coat got twisted round the haulage rope as he was making his way cut to the shaft and he was drawn about 200 yards. A lad who was with him said that the rope knocked them down and that deceased became fast to it. The rope rose about 3 feet and it was thought that the two boys had been sitting on it riding out but how the clothes became twisted round the rope I cannot imagine. There were no broken wires it was practically a new rope.