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Surname
NEWMAN
Forename
Arthur
Day
14
Month
07
Year
1909
Age
31
Occupation
Haulier
Mine/Quarry Name
Deep Duffryn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Nixon's Navigation Co. Ltd
Location
Mountain Ash
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Deceased had pushed an empty tram into a working place, and, with his left hand on the coal near of the tram, was spragging it with his right, when an unsupported piece of the cliff roof, 5 feet by 2 feet by 11 inches thick, fell onto the tram and caught his fingers. He was taken to the Hospital and remained there until he died from tetanus on July 30th. Six feet seam.