COLLIERY FATALITY NEAR SWANSEA.
TEN LIVES LOST.
A terrible accident has occurred at Garnant Colliery, Cwmamman,
a small village about twenty miles from Swansea. About five o'clock
p.m. nine men and a boy, whose names have not yet transpired,
entered the cage for the purpose of descending to their work.
They had only descended a few yards when the rope (a new wire
one) broke, and the cage with its unfortunate occupants was precipitated
to the bottom, a depth of 100 (this figure is illegible due
to poor print). Help was obtained with as little delay as
possible, but it was soon ascertained that all the occupants of
the cage had been killed, their mangled bodies being found at
the bottom of the shaft. The colliery, which is worked by Mr.
Pugh, M.P., but practically managed by Messrs. Letrichex and Davis
of Swansea, supplies anthracite coal and gives employment to 150
men. It has been worked for about ten years and has not hitherto
been the scene of any serious accident.
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