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Surname
BROWN
Forename
Herbert
Day
16
Month
01
Year
1903
Age
20
Occupation
Rider
Mine/Quarry Name
Ferndale, No.5
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
D. Davis & Sons Ltd
Location
Ferndale
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Deceased was riding up on a full tub when it got off the road and caught against some masonry. Before the engineman could be signalled to the tram got free and owing to the rope having been stretched sprang 19 feet and threw deceased to the other side of the road and fatally injured him.