Full Details

Surname

SIMMONDS

Forename

John T.

Day

03

Month

11

Year

1914

Age

39

Occupation

Hitcher

Mine/Quarry Name

Deep Duffryn

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Nixon's Navigation Co. Ltd

Location

Mountain Ash

County

Glamorganshire

Details of Event

He was crushed between a tram and the side wall at the pit bottom owing to insufficient spragging as the full trams were being blocked on for the purpose of being raised to the surface.