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Surname
WHITE
Forename
Philip
Day
10
Month
12
Year
1907
Age
18
Occupation
Rider
Mine/Quarry Name
Bargoed
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bargoed
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Crushed under the first tram of a journey of 20 trams which he was bringing out to this shaft. It occurred about 100 to 150 yards from the shaft in an arched road 16 feet wide and 9 to 10 feet high. The trams were gravitating to the shaft at a (usually) moderate speed less than 4mph. No one saw it occur, and no one can suggest how his got under the tram. He must have been spragging and stumbled but the place was level and quite clear of rubbish. He was found by a labourer, who, in passing, heard him groaning, and he died on being brought to the surface.