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Surname
PHELPS
Forename
William
Day
18
Month
09
Year
1907
Age
64
Occupation
Bratticeman
Mine/Quarry Name
Ferndale, No.6
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
D. Davis & Sons Ltd
Location
Tylorstown
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
A journey of empty trains, let down by a single rope, instead of going into a branch road as intended jumped the cross and ran down the main dip with the trains off the road. Deceased was standing on the main dip near the cross, and had not time to get clear. He was very badly injured, and died on September 8th, 1908.