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Surname
MARTIN
Forename
E.J.
Day
16
Month
06
Year
1905
Age
17
Occupation
Shackler
Mine/Quarry Name
Lancaster
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lewis' Merthyr Consolidated Collieries Ltd
Location
Senghenydd
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
A journey of five trams was being lowered down an incline when the cross-bar of the front tram dropped and caught a bevel sheaf. The journey was stopped, and the roadman freed the crossbar. Directly this was done the tram ran down overtook deceased, who was running in front of it, and ran over both of his legs. The right leg was so badly smashed that it had to be amputated. He died the same day. The shackle pin was found broken in two, no doubt by the blow of the 4 trams when they blocked down against the first. It was a good deal crystallised. He was standing opposite a manhole.