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Surname
MORGANS
Forename
James
Day
16
Month
09
Year
1908
Age
52
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Avon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Great Western Railway Co.
Location
Abergwynfi
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
When placing a tram on the railway, after it had been tilted on its side to allow a loaded tram to pass by it commenced to run down a slight gradient. Morgans stopped it but in doing so, injured himself and he died from the effects of the accident on 26th October.