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Surname
MATTHEWS
Forename
William
Day
14
Month
07
Year
1903
Age
38
Occupation
Mason
Mine/Quarry Name
Ynyshir
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ynyshir Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Ynyshir
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Crushed by a runaway journey of five loaded trams which were being drawn up a gradient of five inches per yard when the rope broke. It had broken before and judging from its appearance and the broken wires in it ought to have been taken off some time before. The rope examiner should have condemned it.