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Surname
WILLIAMS
Forename
William
Day
17
Month
11
Year
1909
Age
47
Occupation
Rider
Mine/Quarry Name
Park (c)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ocean Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cwmparc
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
Deceased was signalling a full journey into a double parting and was standing at the time near an overhead return pulley. Either the engine driver overshot his mark or deceased knocked "stop" too late, as the trams were drawn up to the pulley and the first dropped on deceased.