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Surname
WILLIAMS
Forename
Thomas (injured)
Day
27
Month
09
Year
1909
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Ely
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Naval Colliery Co. (1897) Ltd
Location
Penygraig
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Twenty eight men were descending. The reversing gear of the winding engine failed to act. The descending cage sped to the bottom and the ascending cage went upwards into the sheaves (which it broke) and then fell back down the pit onto the full cage. Five men in the upper deck were killed instantaneously. Those in the lower cage escaped with horrific injuries. Two died later in hospital. 7 killed 14 injured.