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Surname
WILLIAMS
Forename
Robert
Day
21
Month
07
Year
1906
Age
68
Occupation
Lamp Locker
Mine/Quarry Name
Cilely
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Atlantic Merthyr Collieries Ltd
Location
Tonyrefail
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
As five trams of coal were being drawn up a road rising 16ins. per yard, a link of the short chain, connecting the rope to the trams broke, and the journey ran back and killed the deceased. The link was 6 months old. I advised that a stronger chain should be used in future. This has been done.