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Surname
BENYON
Forename
Thomas Philip
Day
03
Month
09
Year
1907
Age
25
Occupation
Trammer
Mine/Quarry Name
Killan
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
W.W. Holmes & Co.
Location
Dunvant
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Deceased and three other trammers got into trains which were about to be sent down a slant having a gradient of 1 in 2.5. Someone pushed the trams over the brow and they ran wild. The rammers jumped out, and two were injured slightly. Erysipelas set in, and Beynon died on the 19th Sept. It was illegal to ride on trams. The other men were prosecuted by the manager, and convictions were obtained.