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Surname
REES
Forename
William
Day
05
Month
11
Year
1947
Age
45
Occupation
Underground Fitter
Mine/Quarry Name
Saron
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
Saron
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
After attaching main rope to three empty trams and detaching tail rope and releasing stop block trams were pushed over the brow and gave rope a pluck - pin came out and trams ran down and went off road - first tram pinned him against a pipe of water column - no fractured but complained of internal pains. Died 7th.