Full Details

Surname

WATKINS

Forename

William

Day

30

Month

11

Year

1905

Age

70

Occupation

Trimmer

Mine/Quarry Name

Cambrian Navigation

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Cambrian Navigation Colliery Co

Location

Clydach Vale

County

Glamorganshire

Details of Event

Deceased was cropping shale off a tram of coal near the screens, when four other trams were let down against it, with the result that he was knocked down and badly injured. He is said to have been warned by an onlooker of the approach of the trams. He died in 4 days.