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Page: 65. Name: G Lambert. Occupation: Collier. Place of accident: Caerphilly,...

Catalogue reference: RAIL 583/64/229

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This record is about the Page: 65. Name: G Lambert. Occupation: Collier. Place of accident: Caerphilly,... dating from 1917 Feb 3 in the series Rhymney Railway Company. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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RAIL 583/64/229
Date
1917 Feb 3
Description

Page: 65.

Name: G Lambert.

Occupation: Collier.

Place of accident: Caerphilly, Glamorgan.

Injury: Legs squeezed.

Details of accident: This train is run solely for the Colliery Company's Workmen and despite Notices exhibited at the pit head and in the train warning men not to enter or leave the train whilst in motion and also despite prosecutions instituted by the Company from time to time men will, if not watched, leave the train before it is brought to a stand. On this occasion Lambert got upon the footboard of one of the coaches as the train was approaching the Platform, his legs being caught and squeezed between the coach and the Platform.

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Closed For 75 years
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Open Document, Open Description
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RAIL 583

Rhymney Railway Company

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