Full Details

Surname

WHELAN

Forename

Michael

Day

05

Month

10

Year

1909

Age

20

Occupation

Haulier

Mine/Quarry Name

Caerau

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

North's Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd

Location

Caerau

County

Glamorganshire

Details of Event

A tram loaded with rubbish, and said to have been spragged in the four wheels, ran down an inclined road of 1 in 7, and struck against Whelan, who was taking a horse and tram up the roadway. The horse escaped with little or no injury, but the haulier sustained a fracture of the spine from which he died on the 11th January, 1910.