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Surname
MARCHANT
Forename
John
Day
26
Month
10
Year
1907
Age
43
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
National, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United National Collieries Ltd
Location
Wattstown
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
A journey of empties was drawn along the main level by main and tail ropes to the top of the dip. At that point the weight of the journey was entirely on the main role. The rider got on the rope to set some pointers right when the journey ran wild down the dip, jumped off the road, knocking out a big post and some of the stones, with which six of the trams had been filled, struck deceased and his partner. The shackle pin was found to have been only partly in place, with the result that when the weight on the rope increased on the dip, the shackle opened and let the journey go. Deceased died in nine days.