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Surname
MARTIN
Forename
John James
Day
09
Month
05
Year
1907
Age
19
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Garth Merthyr (a)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Elder's Navigation Collieries Ltd
Location
Maesteg
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
While returning to pit bottom at the end of the shift, he was crushed between a loaded tram and the side of a roadway. A haulier was lowering the train, by means of sprags, down a small gradient into a double parting.