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Surname
WORKMAN
Forename
Thomas Lane
Day
24
Month
11
Year
1914
Age
41
Occupation
Incline Hitcher
Mine/Quarry Name
Cwm Cynon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Nixon's Navigation Co. Ltd
Location
Mountain Ash
County
Glamorganshire
Details of Event
He was killed attempting to get on a pit cage at the bottom of the shaft as it commenced its upward journey. Several other men had rushed into the cage and he attempted to follow them without any of them being authorised to do so by the hitcher.