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Surname
WILLIAMS
Forename
John
Day
18
Month
03
Year
1906
Age
56
Occupation
Pitman
Mine/Quarry Name
Fochriw, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds Ltd
Location
Fochriw
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Some men were working at the top of the cage, which was hung in the pit a short distance from the bottom, while deceased was beneath the cage screwing up the bolts of the H-piece of the Cornish pump. The men on the top deck signalled for the cage to be lowered, and it crushed deceased to death. The men on the cage say that they shouted a warning to deceased and received an answer. The bottom men denied this.