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Surname
THOMPSON
Forename
John
Day
03
Month
10
Year
1907
Age
45
Occupation
Hitcher
Mine/Quarry Name
Hetty Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Great Western Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hopkinstown
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Deceased’s duty was to take the empty trams out of the cage. About 10a.m. the cage landed at the bottom, when it was found that the forks that keep the trams in position were not acting, and deceased took a bar to prize them up, when a piece of stone or coal fell down from the cage that had just reached the surface, and struck him on his back, fracturing his spine. He died in about a few hours from shock and loss of blood from a wound in the back.