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Surname
WILLIAMS
Forename
Edward Amery
Day
14
Month
12
Year
1909
Age
25
Occupation
Surveyor
Mine/Quarry Name
Pantyffynnon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Blaina Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Pantyffynnon
County
Carmarthenshire
Details of Event
The accident happened on a siding at the mouth of No.1 West Level in the return airway slant, and was caused by a runaway tram which appears to have become detached from the rest of the "journey," in consequence of the tram above being off the road, and, in the jolting, the coupling worked loose. The Surveyor had been measuring the air on the level, and was probably on his way to do so at another place when the accident occurred. Williams died in the pit, but Peel died from shock on the 16th December. 2 killed.