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Surname
BUSH
Forename
Edward
Day
01
Month
10
Year
1904
Age
28
Occupation
Hitcher
Mine/Quarry Name
Greyfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Greyfield Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Rotcombe
County
Somersetshire
Details of Event
The chain on a short self-acting incline broke and the full tram getting off the rails near the bottom crushed him against the side. The dead working load or actual weight on this chain was only about 2 cwt. and the safe working lead for one of this size is 1ton so that apparently there must have been a defect in the link which however could not afterwards he found.