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Surname
THOMAS
Forename
John
Day
02
Month
11
Year
1904
Age
41
Occupation
Haulier
Mine/Quarry Name
Penrikyber
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Penrikyber Navigation Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Penrhiwceiber
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Deceased and two other men were stowing rubbish in an old stall which dipped inwards 1in. per yard and then rose 1.5ins. per yard. A loaded tram with one wheel spragged was allowed to run down the stall and part way up the rise. The men followed it, and instead of the sprag preventing it from running back it dropped out of the wheel and the tram ran back. Deceased, in attempting to stop it got his neck crushed and vertebrae fractured against a low collar.