Full Details

Surname

WORKMAN

Forename

Thomas Lane

Day

24

Month

11

Year

1914

Age

41

Occupation

Incline Hitcher

Mine/Quarry Name

Cwm Cynon

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Nixon's Navigation Co. Ltd

Location

Mountain Ash

County

Glamorganshire

Details of Event

He was killed attempting to get on a pit cage at the bottom of the shaft as it commenced its upward journey. Several other men had rushed into the cage and he attempted to follow them without any of them being authorised to do so by the hitcher.