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H. Davies
| Age: | 23 |
| Died: | 13th Jul 1875 |
| Accident: | 13th Jul 1875 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1852 |
| Colliery: | Ton-yr-efail |
| Company: | H. Begg |
| Occupation: | Sinker |
| Notes: | Killed by by trolley falling down shaft upon them |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Shaft Accidents.
The deaths under this head are 22 as against 25 in 1874. With the exception of one accident (No. 50 in the list), which occurred on the 13th of July, at the Tonyrefail Colliery, belonging to or being under the management of Mr. H. Begg, and was attended with the loss of two lives, all were single accidents.
This accident (No. 50), was caused by a trolley (a small carriage used for conveying the rubbish from the top of the sinking shaft to the rubbish tip) falling down the shaft, and upon the two deceased, who, with others, were working at the bottom. The trolley or carriage used was too light, and not at all suitable for such work, and to that fact, doubtless, the accident is to be referred. The arrangements at the top of the shaft were also defective.
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- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 168 Where to find this report
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), South Wales District by Thomas E. Wales, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 180, Accident Number: 50 Where to find this report
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