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Surname
RICHARDS
Forename
Thomas
Day
08
Month
03
Year
1907
Age
15
Occupation
Door Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Garngoch, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Glasbrook Brothers Ltd
Location
Gorseinon
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Run over and killed by a journey of loaded trams, breaking through a door of which he was the attendant. He seems to have forgotten to open it in time and was standing in the middle of the roadway watching a mason at work on an airbridge. A manhole had been cut in the side and a rope attached to the door which could be opened and closed when the attendant was in the manhole.